OPEN IOT FOUNDATION

The motivation for launching the Open IOT Foundation effort began when they were exploring a few modest innovations in home automation. Nothing complicated but what they discovered was that building a simple controller to integrate a few sensors and a switch was surprisingly difficult. A solution required a confusing array of proprietary, closed home automation systems whose components simply wouldn’t work together without costly and cumbersome integration products. Even purportedly “open” technology required costly licensing fees or used outdated technology. And everything was ridiculously expensive considering the actual cost of the underlying component technology.