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Unique advancements make the smart controls easier to install and more reliable than ever. Revolutionary, patent-pending design – QuickFit and SimpleWire technologies offer groundbreaking home automation features."In July of this year, Quirky spun off Wink," said the press release, "the company that connects you to the products you rely on in your home." The release said the products are available on and at national retailers during the holiday season. Smart home products from different brands can connect or communicate with each other. Lights, power, security can be controlled through a single app, so the person does not need a different one for every product. Tuesday's announcement also highlighted the Wink app that interacts with hundreds of connected devices from leading brands. Quirky CEO Ben Kaufman said in Engadget that the company has been working on this new family of devices since it teamed up with GE last year.
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This is described as the next-generation of their home sensor, customizable and built to order.ĬNET's Ben Fox Rubin, writing about the event, said Quirky was pushing out a series of advertisements to educate consumers on the value of smart-home technology.
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Ascend is a garage-door controller at $100 (invented by a San Diego software engineer who hopes one day to build his own successful startup).Overflow, at $35, is a water sensor that can detect water leaks and alerts users through their phone.Norm is a white box, at $80, that regulates humidity and temperature, using a series of sensors throughout the home, and can be controlled through a smartphone.Tripper is a sensor put on a window or door and knows if the window or door is open or closed.The partnership provdes the two with a strategic advantage of combining Quirky's community and platform with GE's scale and technology. Quirky and GE joined forces last April to partner in bringing out connected products. They choose the next products they will be working on. According to the Quirky site, people vote on the ones they like, and each Thursday industry experts, community members and friends gather at the New York headquarters to debate the best ideas.

(According to CNET, "Denny Fong, an optometrist from Toronto, Canada, who submitted the ideas for the Norm temperature-controller and Spotter sensors, said he was happy to fulfill a long-time interest in engineering by joining Quirky's community.") Thousands of ideas are submitted to Quirky each week. TechCrunch refers to Quirky as a "crowdsourced invention engine." The products unveiled this week were developed through the Quirky network.
