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Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/17\/23308680\/fluid-one-apple-iphone-uwb-smart-home-system<\/a>
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The smart home has an interface problem, and six undergrads from Duke think they\u2019ve solved it with a Raspberry Pi and Apple\u2019s U1 chip. They believe most of today\u2019s methods for controlling smart devices \u2014 voice control, fiddly apps with multiple menus, motion sensors \u2014 are cumbersome and sometimes frustrating. What the smart home needs, they say, is an intuitive control interface and automations that fire off based on where you are in your home. Basically, one app to rule it all. And they\u2019re not wrong.<\/p>\n

Fluid One<\/a> is their solution. A smart home app that leverages ultra-wideband technology in Apple\u2019s iPhones, Fluid can control connected lighting, locks, cameras, thermostats, and more in two ways: a point-and-click control interface and location-based automations. <\/p>\n

Just point your iPhone at a smart light bulb, and the correct controls automatically appear to brighten, dim, change color or turn the light on or off. Or, flick your phone up or down to control a device, no touch required. \u201cIt\u2019s like the HomePod Mini \/ iPhone handoff but for any compatible device,\u201d Tim Ho, one of the six co-founders of Fluid, tells The Verge<\/em>. <\/p>\n

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