Axis Gear promises to make your dumb window shades smart

A New York-based startup named Axis on Monday launched an Indiegogo campaign to fund the initial production run of Axis Gear, an app-controlled device that motorizes and automates window treatments. The company says the “smart” add-on—essentially a motor with a Bluetooth radio and some sensors—should work with any new or existing window shade that has a chain-drive system, regardless of which beaded chain or cord loop it uses.

Read more: http://www.techhive.com/article/2997875/home-automation/axis-gear-promises-to-make-your-dumb-window-shades-smart.html

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