Smart Home Tech Meets Tiny Home at CES 2017 | Consumer Reports

Smart Home technology with voice control is one of the biggest stories we've seen at CES 2017. Consumer Reports checks out a tiny home run by Amazon's Alexa.

Follow Us on Social:

[djkenny]

I wonder what the square footage is? It seems only semi tiny.

[AranHiwa]

Can't wait to try Watch dogs in real life

[EdgewoodGarden]

Anyone know who makes the tiny house itself?

[HNOO]

did you forget about the tiny home details

[bjs]

Good report, but uneven sound recording because of the same video production error your people made last year. Body microphones are good when there isn't much ambient noise but they produce a poor signal-to-noise ratio in other situations. When he was outside it was noisy compared to being inside the house and he naturally spoke much louder just to hear himself and that is what you have to do when you don't have a hand microphone to hold close to your mouth. He might have been aware of that and spoke loudly with the body microphone which is about all you can do (and also clip it as close to your mouth as possible) to compete with the ambient noise. But it also resulted in an overall louder file that needs to be evened out in post production which it was not. Last year some of their reports from the convention floor had poor audio recordings because they did not use short shotgun wireless and mikes which are the proper choice in the noisy environment.

[krn]

All this gadgets seem to make things a little bit more complicate...Why the hell do I need all this system to turn on/off the lights?

[GibsonArtola]

"Alexa, open the door ... to let burglar inside."

[MikeIsCanadian]

Are these smart homes or remote controlled homes?

[BaeBaecl]

Sooo.... what happens when a guy tries to rob you, from outside, yells "alexa unlock doors" hmmm.

[berkcan]

Stupid google because they didnt provide good IOT device support, Amazon is winning Smart home thingy :(

[oscarncandi]

So what happens if your house caught on fire you have no electricity, no wifi you have no way way to ask alexa to unlock the doors because you are too SMART to read the instructions.???

[friendoffriendless]

*People do not live in tiny homes by choice. They do not drive BMWs.*

[MeMe-hthd]

This would just make me more lazy, and lazy equals bad health.

[soulfresh]

so people too lazy to go lock the door now, wall-e obesity here we come. or skynet

[laela]

No I'd prefer for my house to be dead. Too much for me, quite sure my grandkids will feel differently. But I'm cool with that

[boots]

Where's the smart woman does she exist haha or come with the house ?

[Balzy]

No thanks. Too "1984" for me.

[canamsteve]

Hilarious - is there any home less in need of "smart" tech than a tiny home? I used X-10 switches (remotes that could be PC controlled) but slowly realized that they did not make much sense for everyday use once TV remotes became ubiquitous. I have had setback thermostats for 20+ years and have never felt the need to call home and change the setting (if I could have). I don't need color-shifting remote LED lamps, I don't need a fridge that connects to the internet. I don't need Alexa or Google or Siri or any of that contrived tech that will make people even fatter and more stupid than they already are.

[MRJB]

Greetings from Putin and friends... in your home. Nice house though.

[williamwoody]

Who knew a tiny house could be as decadently annoying as a pretentious McMansion?