Episode 191: Lowe’s wants to dump Iris




Hosts: Stacey Higginbotham and Kevin Tofel
Guest: Mike Nelson of DigiCert
Sponsor: Bitdefender and Cognizant

  • What went wrong with Lowe’s Iris
  • Why Apple bought a smart home hub company
  • Alexa and Google add new IoT talents
  • How IoT changed the world of diabetes care
  • Why security really, really matter for medical devices

Published by

Stacey Higginbotham


2 thoughts on “Episode 191: Lowe’s wants to dump Iris”

  1. Hi guys,

    Been enjoying your deep dive into all things smart home for a couple months now.

    I have some questions about smart switches and bulbs.

    In our living room I now have most things on “Lady A”-enabled smart plugs including all our table lamps and a cabinet light.

    The standouts are two standing lamps attached to a light switch-controlled outlet, and this switch also operates our two-throw (right term?) stairway lighting.

    My question is this: does a two-switch smart light switch exist? How about a smart switch product that deals with the common in-home situation of one switch upstairs and one downstairs that operate the same light?

    Thanks and keep up the good work!

    1. Oh this is easy. It’s called a three-way light switch, and you can find several smart switches that will control them. Lutron, Insteon and others that will require a hub let you replace one switch with an actual switch and the other light switch with a remote control device that looks like a light switch. TP-Link makes one that works with Wi-Fi. There are a lot of options out there for that so you should find one that works with your decor, assistant and personal needs. Note, you will need to do some wiring.

Leave a Reply

