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Virtual Masters for Appliances – Digital Twins in the House

The vision of homes that anticipate their inhabitants’ needs and adjust to their preferences and daily patterns has been long talked about. At the core of these homes are connected appliances and devices that can be controlled remotely or even autonomously. These smart homes are not reality yet but we are moving into that direction. […]

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Technology Leaps at Home: From Alcatel to Broadcom

Last Friday I finally decided to replace my home access router, a Cisco 877W which had served me well for the last 12 years. Its venerable Alcatel ADSL chipset had, after a few thunderstorms, finally started to degrade to a point that the connection was breaking up a couple of times a day.  Like all […]