It's Holiday Tech season again -- And this year I'm focusing on the "Smart Home" -- including using wireless speakers to jingle bells around the house, digital assistants to remotely deck the hall lights, and wireless cameras to record video of any late-night visitors that come down the chimney with a bound.
However, you better watch out -- these devices can see you when you're sleeping, and know when you're awake. So you do need to think about whether they are bad or good -- whether watching you in the living room, or listening in the bedroom, or conversing in the kid's room.
So come on over the river and through the woods to one of my local talks, to check out this year's winter wonderland of tech gadgets in action, so you can make your own list of what's naughty or nice:
- Princeton PC Users Group (PPCUG)
Tues., Nov. 28, 2017, 7 pm
Mercer County Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville
- Princeton Public Library
Fri., Dec. 1, 2017, 7 pm
Newsroom / Discovery Center (2nd floor), 65 Witherspoon St, Princeton
- Computer Learning Center at Ewing
Tues., Dec. 5, 2017, 2 pm
Ewing Township Community Center, 999 Lower Ferry Road, Ewing
- Hopewell Public Library
Wed., Dec. 6, 2017, 7 pm
Hopewell Train Station, 3 Railroad Place, Hopewell
For more, see:
- Presentation: Holiday Tech 2017 -- Smart Home for the Holidays
- - Article: Make a List, Check It Twice: Gifts for a Smart Home
- - Naughty or nice: You'd Better Watch Out - Secret Santa's Watching
- - Bonus: AtmosFX Digital Decorations