Smart watch, smartphone, smart armband, this time for your air conditioner. That sounds great? Let’s take a look at Sensibo that can make your air conditioner smart.
The Sensibo is a smart adapter system designed to offer you a convenient way to turn any air conditioner with a remote control into a smart device. The adapter system consists of one Sensibo smart hub and one or more Sensibo pods in order that you can control one or more air conditioners in your house using your smartphone. The Sensibo hub features built-in WiFi connectivity to join in your home router, while each Sensibo pod can attach to the A/C surface in order to communicate with the A/C using IR commands and provide you individual control for every air conditioner.
Moreover, its custom designed app not only allows you to wirelessly control your air conditioners using smartphone, but also adds many smart features to the connected A/C units such as alarm clock sync, warm wake, fast cool, sleep mode and etc, and the Sensibo can automatically adjust A/C’s based on air temperature, relative humidity, weather, energy profile, and even your activity for ideal comfort and energy usage profile. Apart from that, integrated iBeacon technology detects your indoor location and turn off AC units in empty rooms for energy saving. After the break, check out the following demo video.
The team of Sensibo is raising fund via Indiegogo. Pledging $79 will let you one a Sensibo adapter system including a pod and a hub. If you’re interested, jump to Indiegogo official site for detailed description.