<div dir="ltr"><div><<<span style="color:rgb(2,2,3);font-family:monumentgrotesk,sans-serif;word-spacing:1.6px">Presence sensing refers to home devices that monitor human activity around a home, but in a nonintrusive way. I've seen presence-sensing technology before on </span><a href="https://www.cnet.com/home/energy-and-utilities/best-smart-thermostats/#link={%22role%22:%22standard%22,%22href%22:%22https://www.cnet.com/home/energy-and-utilities/best-smart-thermostats/%22,%22target%22:%22%22,%22absolute%22:%22%22,%22linkText%22:%22smart%20thermostats%22}" target="_self" style="font-family:monumentgrotesk,sans-serif;word-spacing:1.6px;box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px;color:rgb(2,2,3);text-decoration-line:none">smart thermostats,</a><span style="color:rgb(2,2,3);font-family:monumentgrotesk,sans-serif;word-spacing:1.6px"> such as the </span><a href="https://www.cnet.com/home/energy-and-utilities/google-nest-learning-thermostat-4th-gen-review/#link={%22role%22:%22standard%22,%22href%22:%22https://www.cnet.com/home/energy-and-utilities/google-nest-learning-thermostat-4th-gen-review/%22,%22target%22:%22%22,%22absolute%22:%22%22,%22linkText%22:%22Nest%20Learning%20Thermostat,%22}" target="_self" style="font-family:monumentgrotesk,sans-serif;word-spacing:1.6px;box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px;color:rgb(2,2,3);text-decoration-line:none">Nest Learning Thermostat,</a><span style="color:rgb(2,2,3);font-family:monumentgrotesk,sans-serif;word-spacing:1.6px"> since it's handy for a thermostat to learn when people are active in the house and adjust temperatures accordingly. Yet these are</span><span style="color:rgb(2,2,3);font-family:monumentgrotesk,sans-serif;word-spacing:1.6px"> </span><a href="https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9330256?p=sensorglossary&hl=en&visit_id=636942523055167873-3933884192&rd=1#topic=7029677#link=%7B%22role%22:%22standard%22,%22href%22:%22https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9330256?p=sensorglossary&hl=en&visit_id=636942523055167873-3933884192&rd=1#topic=7029677%22,%22target%22:%22%22,%22absolute%22:%22%22,%22linkText%22:%22typically%20more%20traditional%20motion%20sensors%22%7D" target="_self" style="font-family:monumentgrotesk,sans-serif;word-spacing:1.6px;box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px;color:rgb(2,2,3);text-decoration-line:none">typically more traditional motion sensors</a><span style="color:rgb(2,2,3);font-family:monumentgrotesk,sans-serif;word-spacing:1.6px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(2,2,3);font-family:monumentgrotesk,sans-serif;word-spacing:1.6px">-- sensing direct motion and people near or far away.</span></div><div class="gmail-" style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px;color:rgb(2,2,3);font-family:monumentgrotesk,sans-serif;word-spacing:1.6px"></div><div class="gmail-" style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px;color:rgb(2,2,3);font-family:monumentgrotesk,sans-serif;word-spacing:1.6px"></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px;margin:0px 0px 2rem;padding:0px;line-height:1.75rem;color:rgb(2,2,3);font-family:monumentgrotesk,sans-serif;word-spacing:1.6px">At CES, I expect to see a wave of new smart devices that step back from direct sensors and instead use tiny disruptions in Wi-Fi and similar frequencies to gauge activity around the home. They can sense human presence and movement patterns, but that's about it. The approach adds a bit more privacy while allowing lights, security systems and more to respond to human movement.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px;margin:0px 0px 2rem;padding:0px;line-height:1.75rem;color:rgb(2,2,3);font-family:monumentgrotesk,sans-serif;word-spacing:1.6px">I've already seen this kind of presence sensing in the newest <a href="https://www.cnet.com/tech/philips-hues-latest-update-makes-your-lights-and-doorbells-way-smarter/#link=%7B%22role%22:%22standard%22,%22href%22:%22https://www.cnet.com/tech/philips-hues-latest-update-makes-your-lights-and-doorbells-way-smarter/%22,%22target%22:%22%22,%22absolute%22:%22%22,%22linkText%22:%22in%20the%20newest%20Philips%20Hue%20smart%20bulbs%22%7D" target="_self" style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px;color:rgb(2,2,3);text-decoration-line:none">Philips Hue smart bulbs</a>, as well as <a href="https://www.cnet.com/home/security/new-wi-fi-technology-keeps-an-eye-on-seniors-while-preserving-their-privacy/#link=%7B%22role%22:%22standard%22,%22href%22:%22https://www.cnet.com/home/security/new-wi-fi-technology-keeps-an-eye-on-seniors-while-preserving-their-privacy/%22,%22target%22:%22%22,%22absolute%22:%22%22,%22linkText%22:%22less%20intrusive%20monitoring%20for%20older%20people%22%7D" target="_self" style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px;color:rgb(2,2,3);text-decoration-line:none">less intrusive monitoring for older people</a>. From what I've heard, it's also coming to security systems and more home tech at CES. It's a technology that combines low-cost implementation, privacy benefits and user-friendliness, which means this type of sensing is very easy to adopt for a variety of use cases.>></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px;margin:0px 0px 2rem;padding:0px;line-height:1.75rem;color:rgb(2,2,3);font-family:monumentgrotesk,sans-serif;word-spacing:1.6px"><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px;margin:0px 0px 2rem;padding:0px;line-height:1.75rem;color:rgb(2,2,3);font-family:monumentgrotesk,sans-serif;word-spacing:1.6px">what about shabbat?</p><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000099" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">Eli Turkel</font></div></div></div>