Turn your old smartphone into a smart home hub with Rico . That’s the idea behind Rico, an upcoming device from Palo Alto-based starup.
Rico, a smart home device that uses the smartphone as its eyes and brain. IDC suggests there are as many as 280 million unused smartphones that are harmful to the environment in several ways even though most of them are still in working condition. With Rico, you can surely add much value to such phones. Rico uses the processor and camera in your smartphone to deliver you the all-new and powerful smart home security system.
With this revolutionary device, the developers have also provided Rico app that lets user monitor the home remotely and affordably. All you need to do is to download the app and put your spare smartphone into Rico and your smart home security device is ready. Users can live stream the activities at the home and use inbuilt features like microphone, 3G services, WiFi etc. The app also allows to track all data from various sources of your home and displays trends in way your home environment changes helping you to make decisions for optimization. However, Rico can also be used without the smartphone and user can sense the temperature, humidity, toxic gas presence at ease.
Rico also brings us the smart sockets for optimization. These sockets are best used to remotely control electrical appliances with the same Rico app.
