One of the reasons I enjoy trade shows so much is the chance to see things I didn’t know about or hadn’t seen before in person. I’m often impressed, but sometimes I slap my forehead and say, “Why didn’t I think of that?” These products are the often-obvious things that will make a home tech installation easier or improve the lives of homeowners.
The goal of pointing them out is to get you to think outside the box and bring these ideas inside your mix. Let what others thought up spur you to other new ideas and applications.
Alarm. com’s Touchless Doorbell
Perhaps the best example of, “Why didn’t I think of that?” is com’s “Touchless Doorbell,” which was introduced at the CES 2021 virtual event this past January. In addition to the cameras and sensors in