Posts by tag: smoke alarm

cool tech November 17, 2014 posted by
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Roost Smart Battery – transform your old smoke detector with Wi-Fi and smartphone tech

Back when I lived in an apartment, I was once awoken at 4 AM by the smell of smoke. Two minutes later, the source of the smell was pouring through my vents and filling the room. I packed up two kids and two cats in record time while calling the fire department. You know how many of my smoke detectors went off? Zero. The batteries were all dead. The Roost Smart Battery is a device that aims to stop this…

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Roost Smart Battery – transform your old smoke detector with Wi-Fi and smartphone tech
Gadgets October 24, 2014 posted by
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Leeo Smart Alarm – this clever device converts your old dumb smoke alarm beeps into a smartphone alert

Most of us have one type of smoke alarm or another in our home that go crazy when they detect even the smallest amount of smoke. However, these alarms are only good if you’re actually in your home to hear them, you don’t get any notifications while being away from the house. Which means your house could burn down while you’re out shopping and you wouldn’t be able to do a thing.

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Leeo Smart Alarm – this clever device converts your old dumb smoke alarm beeps into a smartphone alert
Gadgets October 9, 2013 posted by
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Nest Protect – at last, a smoke alarm without those annoying false alerts

If you’re not the kind of guy who’d throw a fire extinguishing grenade on a loose fire, you’d better get some early protection like a smoke alarm. However mostly smoke alarms are really annoying because even if you burn toast or over-cook your indoor BBQ (hey it’s your house), the alarm goes off and annoys you until you give it a couple of smacks. (not recommended)

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Nest Protect – at last, a smoke alarm without those annoying false alerts