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Company Creating 'Connected Room' for Kids
- MSN News, Tuesday, July 14, 2015 10:09 AM
Inelegant as the name may sound, the "Internet of Things" has become been adopted these days as the descriptor for a whole gaggle of Internet-connected devices and appliances, from smart sprinkler systems to thermostats. Now Fuhu, a Los Angeles company known best as the producer of the Nabi tablet computers for children, wants to open the IoT's market to kids. Fuhu is in the early stages of devising a "connected room" platform for kids room platform that's built around sensors, monitors and cloud services, all designed to supply information – and hopefully peace of mind – to parents.
