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I actually agree here.. to a point.  The long term future of lighting will be intelligent lamps.  But until homes are wired differently, the wall switch is still the obvious location for intelligence due to the number of fixture types, lamps, etc.  not to mention smart light bulbs require...

Lou is correct.  We are first and foremost a SW company.  That said, we are committed to our hardware, but we are not a manufacturer.  We will be looking for a partner to take over the HW manufacturing within the next 2 years with the intention of continuing production of the dimmer, smart plug...

I just like saying the word :)

The ube dimmer can function without a neutral, but in this scenario, if the lamp goes out, the dimmer will lose power.  

Correct.  Although we are radio agnostic ( our goal is to control IP enabled devices regardless of connection) we chose WiFi for our products because it is the most ubiquitous radio found in homes today, and no other hardware is required.  Zigbee / Z-Wave and others became popular due to their...

Thanks for coming to the HW meetup Lou!

no problems encountered.  Very small amount of data.

yes, currently our prototypes are broadcasting UDP

Currently M2M communication is instigated by mulit-touch gestures as follows: (requires no other SW/HW interaction once provisioned) single finger swipe = adjusts local dimmer / switchleg two finger swipe = adjusts dimmers with same location name (room) pinch open/closed = fade on/off all ube...

You can query the device for status (it also logs the last 100 events) but it is not necessary. status is broadcasted.

Perhaps too early to for a concrete answer on "replacing" the dns entry, (again this effects the privacy issue that started this thread.  because one could relpace the dns with another external server, collect data and ube could be liable for the privacy violation since the user "opted out" of...

Greetings all,   I wanted to send thanks to everyone for engaging with us!  I am going to try to respond quickly to all questions and comments, but felt compelled to send a blanket statement out.   As you must be aware, we are not a $200M electronics conglomerate.  We are a small group of Austin...

Bauer, Yes, you are correct.  there is interaction with the dimmer during setup.  The dimmer contains dns for our server. but it is a bit tricky because we are dealing with "transactional" and" non-transactional data" here is the process (as it stands today)   Upon downloading the app, user is...

No Dan, the contrary.    The only way the backend will gather any data, is if the user downloads our app, registers / creates an account, AND opts in.

            I use the term "Everything" in the DEMO video referring to device status and user interaction because we believe analytics are necessary to elevate the value of the connected home to its full potential today. This simply cannot happen without data aggregation.  Its one thing to know...

Hi all!   thanks for the chatter about ube!  I wanted to chime in on the API and Cloud comments.   API: Yes, we are going to publish the API.   3rd party control systems will be able to send / receive commands & status directly to the device.  No Internet connection needed, no additional HW...

1)Good question!  Only some WiFi routers (err Time Capsule) limit the number of WiFi devices.. in apples case its 50 .  most however will allow up to the 254 available ip addresses in the subnet.  I will bet money though that performance will drop with 100 of our dimmers on your WiFi network...

Thanks! and Thanks!   Utz

Matt, keep in mind the photos are of our prototypes.  We are engineering them to fit into a 118 carlon box.  We will update the kickstarter with engineering docs as we get further along. Utz