January 8th, 2013

Nest Founder Matt Rogers Details Future Plans For Their Digital Thermostat, International Expansion In The Works

Matt Rogers of Nest at CES 2013

Matt Rogers is the Founder and VP of Engineering at Nest and brought his latest thermostat – a steel-clad beauty with improved design and sensor placement – to our stage at CES 2013. → Read More

May 17th, 2012

The Smart Si Thermostat Aims To Upset The Nest

Screen Shot 2012-05-17 at 7.10.40 PM

This is the age of thinking thermostats and, not to be outdone by a well-known circular model, hardware startup Ecobee has released the Smart Si. It is a smart thermostat with small color screen and a web interface so temperature wonks can update their heating models on the fly.

The Smart Si is not quite as sleek as the Nest but offers more accessible settings – think of this as the Linux to… → Read More