#ALGORITHMS: "IBM/ST Collaborate on Shapsa Smart Home"

IBM has collaborated with STMicroelectronics to integrate its Home Gateway with home automation software from Shaspa all connected to IBM's cloud computers. Homeowners will be able to interact with their smart devices using voice recognition and physical gestures made almost anywhere in their home. ST's gateway connects televisions, computers, appliances, lights, heating, air-conditioning and security sensors that could top 8 billion devices by 2015...

The smart home of the future will enable hand gestures and voice recognition to control everything that has a manual button or dial today.
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