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The term latchkey kid may have been around for over 50 years, but in all that time successive generations of parents haven’t stopped worrying about their children being home alone between school finishing at 3pm and the parents getting home from work sometime after 5 or 6pm. While the pressures of modern life drive both mothers and fathers to be at work full time, that doesn't stop parents from worrying whether their children have made it home safely. There is of course no substitute for being at home with the kids, but the latest smart home innovations from smanos may help to alleviate some of the worry. The X500, X300 or any of the WiFi smart security system and IP6 HD WiFi camera work together to alert you after the children get in the door and turn off the alarm; this works via a simple SMS text message or push notification to your Android or Apple smartphone.

Once received, it's a simple matter of tapping on the IP6 app; not only can you check on the children using the HD video feed, but you can also speak with them using the two-way HiFi audio feature. You could also speak with your children directly to/from the X500 as if you were on the phone.

Conversations surrounding home security tend to focus on keeping intruders out of a home or building. And while the impacts of burglary are obviously distressing, far greater security risks exist. A survey by the UK Government agency responsible for managing floods has identified the average cost of a home flooding is £28,000, compared to £7,300 losses from fire damage and just over £1,000 for a burglary. Part of the reason for this is that people are aware of detectors that can warn of an intruder, or the presence of smoke in the home, but very few realise that electronic flood detectors exist as well. However, most smoke/fire/gas leak and water/flood detectors only report problems to the people who are at home. They do not let you know any emergencies when you are out. And that leaves your belongings and pets at risk every time you leave the house. This is where smanos is different. We believe in keeping your home safe from any danger wherever you are. We have developed a range of smoke alarms, gas leak detectors and flood detectors that work with our latest WiFi and GSM cellular alarms. So no matter where you are, your home can alert you if there is a problem. You can also make sure the problem is fixed and your pets and belongings are safe!

Does this sound familiar? You are living in a shared accommodation at university but constantly worried about personal items got stolen when you are away? Usually the first thing you do is to check the door lock. With the increase in digital devices and computer equipments, this is an important feature to look out for before signing any letting contract. But we all know a lock is not a barrier to theft. 

We often hear stories of food, CDs and money missing. One of my college friends, the treasurer of the fencing club I attended, had a substantial amount of the club’s money in her room.  Before she could get to the bank to pay it in, the room was broken into and the money got stolen. Then began the arduous task of reporting the incident to the police, dealing with insurance claims and covering the loss. This had a major impact on my friend and caused real disruptions to her studies.

Fortunately, today there are beautifully designed, cost-efficient, easy-to-install smanos Smart Home monitoring and alarm solutions available to protect your stuff. The smanos alarms feature open/close door sensors or movement sensors that will send a push notification to multiple preauthorized smartphone users once an alarm is set-off.

The new smanos IP6 HD WiFi camera works in combination with the W020 WiFi alarm system and once an alarm is triggered it can send out the push notification to your smartphone and store footage of the intruder!

And this is how it works...

(Apr 27, 2015 – Amsterdam) smanos, an award-winning innovator and trendsetting developer of wireless smart home and DIY security systems, is proudly bringing its Red Dot design icon as well as its highly acclaimed WiFi and cellular portfolio to Secutech in Taipei from Apr 28~30. The complete smanos smart home portfolio speaks minimalistic elegance, self-installation and self-monitoring, and will be available at Stand 5201 at Taipei Nangang World Trade Center. From WiFi, cellular, app-enabled alarm and automation systems to remote energy, security and health management, smanos solutions cater to today’s mobile-driven lifestyles and ever-evolving residential needs, and ensure property owners have complete control, comfort and visual confirmation right at their fingertips within a few short minutes and easy swipes and taps.

“We’re excited to unveil the smanos K1 SmartHome DIY Kit, first announced at International CES in January and now a Red Dot product design winner, and to showcase our latest offerings to distributors, dealers and retailers in the region,” said Hayden Hsu, VP Marketing. The K1, the ultimate home automation and security center, is smanos’ latest wireless smart home gateway, combining butler- and guard-like functions into a stack of aesthetically pleasing round discs. “The discs come with aluminum frames and texturized plastic surfaces, particularly designed for everyday wear and tear,” said Sam Xu, Lead Industrial Designer. “smanos K1 connects to up to 50 wireless accessories with ease, and its intuitive operation both on-site and on the smartphone is a breeze. Users, young or old, can rely on their basic senses to see, hear or touch to check if K1-enabled things at home are working properly.” Such connected but wireless things include locks, HD cameras, alarm detectors/sirens and environmental sensors.

Comparable with high-caliber smartphones these days, said Daniel Chung, Business Development Director, smanos K1 is easily mount-and-play, and adding/removing features is just like adding/removing smartphone apps. “With such intuitive operation, gesture-based password protection and self-tuning capability, your smart and connected home has just become that much more adorable and affordable with smanos K1.”

The IP6, a new addition to smanos’ WiFi portfolio and an HD camera for home security and serenity, has a wide field of view at 110 degrees (equivalent to 2 home cameras from the competition combined) and a state-of-the-art cooling mechanism that cannot be found elsewhere in the residential DIY security sector, said Lily Chen, Senior Product Manager. “smanos IP6 is an intuitive, plug-and-play home camera that delivers uncanny, smooth, HD-quality video at 720p, without any complications or LAN setup.” Simply download the free app from App Store or Google Play, register for free, power on your IP6, scan the QR code in the back, and upon a WiFi auto link, this little gadget is ready for any action. “Even if it is powered on 24/7, heat dissipation of smanos IP6 is cleverly taken care of with the sleek, compact, ceramic-like plastic design,” Chen stressed.

With just one QR code scan, you can share (or revoke) your IP6 camera views with your friends or loved ones, and enjoy memorable moments with them, Chung added. “The built-in HiFi microphone and speaker ensure seamless 2-way communication between you and your loved ones, keeping either party in the know, on the go. One smartphone can control multiple smanos IP6’s; and vice versa, one IP6 can be viewed by multiple users simultaneously.”

Expect to find more on display, including cellular- and WiFi-based alarms as well as wireless smart home accessories and sensors. Do watch this space for more updates on more profit-generating and user-friendly smart home sensations from smanos.

Designed in the Netherlands and marketed worldwide, smanos is our complete security, monitoring and automation system lineup for today’s homeowners, Hsu said. “What makes smanos a must-have brand to distributors and retailers is that we’re truly committed to researching, designing and delivering innovative, comprehensive and easy-to-use smart home solutions that will help them outperform their sales and profit targets.” Worldwide, smanos has garnered phenomenal recognition and media coverage over the past 18 months, and growth momentum is still accelerating. What’s being demanded in the residential market these days is smart, simple, sleek, mobile yet compact and integrated ingenuity, and smanos will continue providing just that, with even more home automation, remote management and monitoring options.

Press Contact Hayden Hsu, [email protected]

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(Apr 14, 2015 – Dallas) smanos, an award-winning innovator and trendsetting developer of wireless smart home and DIY security systems, is proudly bringing its Red Dot design icon as well as its highly acclaimed WiFi and cellular portfolio to ISC West in Las Vegas from Apr 15~17. The complete smanos smart home portfolio speaks minimalistic elegance, self-installation and self-monitoring, and will be available at Stand 21117 at Sands Expo. From WiFi, cellular, app-enabled alarm and automation systems to remote energy, security and health management, smanos solutions cater to today’s mobile-driven lifestyles and ever-evolving residential needs, and ensure property owners have complete control, comfort and visual confirmation right at their fingertips within a few short minutes and easy swipes and taps.

“We’re excited to bring back the smanos K1 SmartHome DIY Kit, first announced at International CES in January and now a Red Dot product design winner, and showcase our latest offerings to distributors, dealers and retailers in the region,” said Brian Stark, General Manager – Americas. The K1, the ultimate home automation and security center, is smanos’ latest wireless smart home gateway, combining butler- and guard-like functions into a stack of aesthetically pleasing round discs. “The discs come with aluminum frames and texturized plastic surfaces, particularly designed for everyday wear and tear,” said Sam Xu, Lead Industrial Designer. “smanos K1 connects to up to 50 wireless accessories with ease, and its intuitive operation both on-site and on the smartphone is a breeze. Users, young or old, can rely on their basic senses to see, hear or touch to check if K1-enabled things at home are working properly.” Such connected but wireless things include locks, HD cameras, alarm detectors/sirens and environmental sensors.

Comparable with high-caliber smartphones these days, said Hayden Hsu, VP Marketing, smanos K1 is easily mount-and-play, and adding/removing features is just like adding/removing smartphone apps. “With such intuitive operation, gesture-based password protection and self-tuning capability, your smart and connected home has just become that much more adorable and affordable with smanos K1.”

The IP6, a new addition to smanos’ WiFi portfolio and an HD camera for home security and serenity, has a wide field of view at 110 degrees (equivalent to 2 home cameras from the competition combined) and a state-of-the-art cooling mechanism that cannot be found elsewhere in the residential DIY security sector, Stark said. “smanos IP6 is an intuitive, plug-and-play home camera that delivers uncanny, smooth, HD quality video at 720p, without any complications or LAN setup.” Simply download the free app from App Store or Google Play, register for free, power on your IP6, scan the QR code in the back, and upon a WiFi auto link, this little gadget is ready for any action. “Even if it is powered on 24/7, heat dissipation of smanos IP6 is cleverly taken care of with the sleek, compact, ceramic-like plastic design,” Stark stressed.

With just one QR code scan, you can share (or revoke) your IP6 camera views with your friends or loved ones, and enjoy memorable moments with them, Hsu said. “The built-in HiFi microphone and speaker ensure seamless 2-way communication between you and your loved ones, keeping either party in the know, on the go. One smartphone can control multiple smanos IP6’s; and vice versa, one IP6 can be viewed by multiple users simultaneously.”

Expect to find more on display, including cellular- and WiFi-based alarms as well as wireless smart home accessories and sensors. Do watch this space for more updates on more profit-generating and user-friendly smart home sensations from smanos.

Designed in the Netherlands and marketed worldwide, smanos is our complete security, monitoring and automation system lineup for today’s homeowners, Hsu said. “What makes smanos a must-have brand to distributors and retailers is that we’re truly committed to researching, designing and delivering innovative, comprehensive and easy-to-use smart home solutions that will help them outperform their sales and profit targets.” Worldwide, smanos has garnered phenomenal recognition and media coverage over the past 18 months, and growth momentum is still accelerating. What’s being demanded in the residential market these days is smart, simple, sleek, mobile yet compact and integrated ingenuity, and smanos will continue providing just that, with even more home automation, remote management and monitoring options.

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(Apr 8, 2015 – Amsterdam) smanos, a trendsetting innovator and award-winning developer of wireless smart home and DIY security systems, is proudly bringing its new WiFi and GSM portfolio to Sourcing and Electronics Fairs in Hong Kong from Apr 11~16. The smanos smart home portfolio speaks minimalistic elegance, self-installation and self-monitoring, and will be available at Asia World Expo in Hall 2 on Booth 2L16 (Apr 11~14) and at Wanchai Convention Centre in Hall 1 on Booth 1B-D07 (Apr 13~16). From WiFi, cellular, app-enabled alarm and automation systems to remote energy, security and health management, smanos solutions cater to today’s mobile-driven lifestyles and ever-evolving residential needs, and ensure property owners have complete control, comfort and visual confirmation right at their fingertips within a few short minutes and easy swipes and taps.

“We’re excited to unveil the smanos W020 WiFi Alarm and L020 Ethernet Alarm, and showcase our latest offerings to retail buyers and distributors worldwide,” said Sally Zheng, Global Sales Director. “smanos W020/L020 connects to up to 30 wireless accessories with ease, and its intuitive operation on the smartphone is a breeze.” Such connected but wireless things include remote sockets/plugs, HD cameras, alarm detectors/sirens and environmental sensors.

Comparable with high-caliber smartphones these days, said Michael Sellen, Sales Director for Europe, the W020/L020 is easily plug-and-play, and adding/removing features is just like adding/removing smartphone apps. “With such intuitive operation and self-tuning capability, your smart and connected home has just become that much more adorable and affordable with smanos W020/L020,” Sellen said.

The IP6, a nifty addition to smanos’ WiFi portfolio and an HD camera for home security and serenity, has a wide field of view at 110 degrees (equivalent to 2 home cameras from the competition combined) and a state-of-the-art cooling mechanism that cannot be found elsewhere in the residential DIY security sector, said Hayden Hsu, VP Marketing. “smanos IP6 is an intuitive, plug-and-play home camera that delivers uncanny, smooth, HD quality video at 720p, without any complications or LAN setup.” Simply download the free app from App Store or Google Play, register for free, power on your IP6, scan the QR code in the back, and upon a WiFi auto link, this little gadget is ready for any action. “Even if it is powered on 24/7, heat dissipation of smanos IP6 is cleverly taken care of with the sleek, compact, ceramic-like plastic design,” Hsu stressed.

With just one QR code scan, you can share (or revoke) your IP6 camera views with your friends or loved ones, and enjoy memorable moments with them, Sellen said. “The built-in HiFi microphone and speaker ensure seamless 2-way communication between you and your loved ones, keeping either party in the know, on the go. One smartphone can control multiple smanos IP6’s; and vice versa, one IP6 can be viewed by multiple users simultaneously.”

Expect to find more on display in Hong Kong, including cellular- and WiFi-based alarms as well as wireless smart home accessories and sensors. Do watch this space for updates on more profit-generating and user-friendly smart home sensations from smanos.

Designed in the Netherlands and marketed worldwide, smanos is our complete security, monitoring and automation system lineup for today’s homeowners, Hsu said. “What makes smanos a must-have brand to distributors and retailers is that we’re truly committed to researching, designing and delivering innovative, comprehensive and easy-to-use smart home solutions that will help them outperform their sales and profit targets.” Worldwide, smanos has garnered phenomenal recognition and media coverage over the past year, and growth momentum is still accelerating. What’s being demanded in the residential market these days is smart, simple, sleek, mobile yet compact and integrated ingenuity, and smanos will continue providing just that, with even more home automation, remote management and monitoring options.

Press Contact Hayden Hsu, [email protected] Follow, Like, or Subscribe to us for the latest updates: Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Tumblr | Google+ | YouTube #smanosHKG2015 #GetSmanos

(Mar 31, 2015 – Amsterdam) smanos, a trendsetting innovator and dynamic developer of wireless smart home and DIY security systems, is proud to announce that its K1 SmartHome DIY Kit has won over the 38-member jury of the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015. With this DIY Kit for home security and automation, smanos proved its design excellence in the most important competition for product design, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. The international experts discussed and assessed each of the 4,928 entries from 56 countries, and only the designs that won over the jury with their quality and innovative power were given an award. The K1 from smanos succeeded in convincing the jury members, deservedly winning the much sought-after Red Dot seal of quality.

“We feel very honored and humbled to share this exciting news announcement with our partners, clients and investors worldwide,” said Ken Li, founder and CEO of Chuango Security Technology Corporation (Beijing NEEQ ticker 831464), mother company of smanos. “The K1 is smanos’ latest wireless smart home gateway, combining butler- and guard-like functions into a stack of aesthetically pleasing round discs. The discs come with aluminum frames and texturized plastic surfaces, particularly designed for everyday use.”

smanos K1 connects to up to 50 wireless accessories with ease, and its intuitive operation on the smartphone is a breeze, said Lily Chen, Senior Product Manager. “Such connected but wireless things include remote sockets/plugs, HD cameras, alarm detectors/sirens and environmental sensors. Comparable with high-caliber smartphones these days, smanos K1 is easily mount-and-play, and adding/removing features is just like adding/removing smartphone apps.” With such intuitive operation and DIY usability, your smart and connected home has just become that much more adorable and affordable with smanos K1. The designers behind this award-winning kit include Ken Li, Sam Xu and Zero Wu.

Professor Dr. Peter Zec, founder and CEO of the Red Dot Award: “For 60 years, the most-respected design experts have been convening every year in Essen to seek out the best designs. This year we had a record number of almost 5,000 entries – a huge amount of work for our jury members, who assessed each individual product, and a special value of the distinction due to the high standard. The laureates of the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015 have demonstrated exceptionally high achievements and have thus been deservedly successful in the world’s largest design competition.”

Designed in Amsterdam and marketed worldwide, smanos is our complete security, monitoring and automation system lineup for today’s homeowners, said Hayden Hsu, VP Marketing. “What makes smanos a must-have brand to distributors and retailers is that we’re truly committed to researching, designing and delivering innovative, comprehensive and easy-to-use smart home solutions that will help them outperform their sales and profit targets.”

Press Contacts Hayden Hsu, [email protected] #GetSmanos: Follow, Like or subscribe to us: Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Tumblr | Google+ | YouTube

Catharina Hesse, [email protected] Communications Manager Tel: +49-201-3010450

About smanos In the picturesque outskirts of Amsterdam came about the inception of smart home technology brand smanos in 2013. Harnessing cutting-edge design concepts and ergonomics, smanos delivers the ultimate user experience of wireless smart home and DIY security systems to households worldwide. Promising more than just a sense of security, smanos also ensures user-definable comfort and convenience, along with mobile accessibility and confirmation. In its pursuit for perfection in human-centric research and design, smanos continues to wow homeowners by putting the smarts of smart home and smart security directly in their hands. Dream big and live smart with smanos now!