The MATRIX is a beautifully designed compact black disc about 4 inches in diameter device that allows you to create and download applications for the Internet of Things, giving you a device that can be used in many different ways at once. With fifteen onboard sensors, MATRIX allows for more than thirty-two thousand sensor combinations that let you control the temperature of your home, monitor your small business after-hours, and so much more. The company describes the Matrix as a small but impressive device with the intelligence to corral, unite and command every connected gizmo living under your smart roof. This includes everything from sophisticated Nest thermostats to basic Wi-Fi webcams and even simple wireless door and window sensors.
The device is designed with fifteen onboard sensors, creating over 32,000 sensor combinations that can be used in everything from facial and gesture recognition to temperature and lock control. The possibilities for the device range from monitoring your small business to unlocking your home’s front door with a simple gesture and more. The device itself is pretty smart, too, with a built-in microphone; speaker, camera, temperature, light, and humidity sensors, accelerometer, barometer, gyroscope and altimeter. The Matrix uses an open source framework and includes a software package that makes it easy for developers to create apps that add to the device’s capabilities. The company sees the Matrix as a way to unite the IoT space. “Today, consumers in the home need to buy two to four different IoT devices at an average of $200 per device if they want a connected home, a monitoring system, a voice activated or gesture controlled device,” said CEO Rodolfo Saccoman in an email to Digital Trends. “The true power of the Matrix is that similar to a smartphone’s app store with millions of apps, our Internet of Things platform will have hundreds of apps that can be running simultaneously on one Matrix.”
Additionally the Matrix Machine will have many methods for wireless communication at its disposal. According to AdMobilize tucked inside the Matrix chassis will be multiple radios enabling data transmission via Bluetooth, 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, along with CDMA and GSM 3G cellular protocols. Running the show is a 1GHz quad-core application processor from silicon vendor Freescale. The reason for all the Matrix’s hardware is simple. Its creators envision it to go way beyond typical smart home hubs, which are more like specialized network routers, and operate as a high-octane smart home server a hub to end all hubs if you will. Indeed AdMobilize claims that by taking advantage of existing software API tools from prominent smart home device makers, for example Nest and August, the Matrix will be automated, run its own operating system, and serve as the primary control point for these products plus any hub devices they require.
And because the gadget comes with a wide range of communication methods, AdMobilize also says that connecting semi-smart devices such as networked cameras and Bluetooth security sensors to the Matrix should be breeze. Another interesting ability AdMobilize has in mind for the Matrix is robust presence monitoring. With cameras hooked up, the Matrix will supposedly be able to process live video feeds to accurately track the movement of particular individuals and even vehicles within sight. The final piece of the Matrix puzzle is its operating system. Intended to be completely open source, AdMobilize expressed the wish to create its own app store the desire for the Matrix. It also envisions a scenario where developers freely write applications for the product in new and innovative ways.
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