Everything these days is prefixed with the word "smart" and nowhere is that more in evidence than at CES .
One manufacturer is even offering a smart water bottle. Lifefuels won an award at the tech show for the bottle with "five interchangeable "fuelpods" filled with vitamins, nutritional products and flavours, allowing users to tailor their water to suit their specific lifestyles".Why anyone would need such a product is open to debate but it does raise the question about what "smart" really means.
For many firms, a so-called smart device is just something connected to the internet but Adam Simon, an analyst with research firm Context, thinks it should be about more."The real question is - what can you do with it? What is it actually doing to help you in your life?"
A Context study found most
European home-owners are still reluctant to invest in smart tech - 19% of Britons said that they would buy one smart gadget in the next year and, even then, it would have to cost no more than £150.
The BBC has been looking at some of the smart tech on offer for the family home at CES.
Source:http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35249271
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