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Homeowner Electric Bills Get High-Tech Help
January 19, 2010POCO Labs is partnering with a variety of different businesses, including Direct Energy, Whirlpool, Lennox, and Best Buy. Their Home Energy Manager (HEM) software, which they unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, is designed to work with smart appliances and devices. It won't just keep you informed about costs, it will also allow you to control the settings on those devices from a program on your computer.
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POCO Labs Earns ‘Best of Michigan Business’ Award
February 17, 2009Corp! Magazine honored POCO Labs at Michigan State University’s Management Education Center as one of the “best small businesses” in the State of Michigan among numerous nominees. As Michigan’s largest business magazine, the publication identifies candidates on an annual basis that uniquely and positively contribute to its economy.
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The New York Times - Technology ‘Bits’
January 6, 2009
Steve Lohr interviews POCO Labs to garner an expert perspective of the 'smart home' vision. -
Quote of the day: Teens, phones and cars
August 11, 2008Tim Woods, founding partner of Novi-based POCO Labs, speaking on a panel on innovation at the Center for Automotive Research's Management Briefing Seminars" Center for Automotive Research's Management Briefing Seminars:
"When you ask a kid whether they'd rather have a car or a phone, they want the phone. I hope this puts the fear of God into everybody in this room, because this is your business. Your competition is Motorola. Your competition is Nokia. Your competition is XBOX and Nintendo."
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CNN Interviews POCO Lab’s On Its Perspective of Generational Expectations™
June 4, 2008CNN is currently producing a segment for a television broadcast on POCO Lab’s unique product and service development perspective entitled Generational Expectations™. Additional interviews of POCO Labs’ clients, industry experts and consumers are in the works; look for additional information about broadcast dates and times in the near future and a glimpse into a Generational Expectations™ white paper.
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Continental Automated Buildings Association Releases 2007 Intelligent Buildings Roadmap
April 16, 2007POCO Labs lead this collaborative industry-funded research project, the 2007 IBRM, by bringing together Cisco Systems, Direct Energy, ESC Automation/Delta Controls, Johnson Controls, HID Corporation, Honeywell International, Tridium, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, Legrand North America, Lutron Electronics Co., Inc., Panduit Corp., Siemens Building Technologies, TAC, Trane, and InfoComm International. This study was designed to update CABA’s Technology Roadmap (TRM) for Intelligent Buildings, a research report released in 2002. The Roadmap’s primary objective is to identify strategies for developing intelligent buildings that have the greatest potential to drive broad acceptance. The report examines the challenges facing intelligent building implementation within North America and identifies the market developments and industry initiatives needed to support the wider adoption of these technologies. The project employed qualitative market research including focus groups, interviews, and trend analysis to conclude that a series of barriers inhibiting industry growth. The IBRM recommends a complete strategy to remove these barriers, and surveys the sentiments of industry stakeholders.
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Collaborative Research Study Examined How an Intuitive Health & Wellness Portal System Can Be Successful
December 2006POCO Labs brought together AT&T, Cisco Systems, Hewlett Packard, Salton and Whirlpool to examine how an intuitive connected health portal system can help consumers manage chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure. The project’s goal was to examine the role digital home technologies can play in not only addressing chronic diseases but assisting engaged healthy consumers with maintaining their overall well being with devices and some level of connectivity—-in and out of their home.