In September, Sigma Designs and Make: launched the Z-Wave Smart Home Maker Challenge, an open contest for engineers and other tinkerers to develop smart home Internet of Things (IoT) applications using the Z-Wave standard. Now, after dozens of intriguing entries, the winners of the contest have been announced.
The gold medal went to the Smart Medication Dispenser, an IoT dispenser, which can remotely deliver medicine on time and alert caretakers if a dose has been missed. The Z-Wave project was developed by Southwestern University freshman Cameron Henkel, who won a hosted trip to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January 2018 to show off his winning entry.
In second place was CLAIRE (a Continuously Learning AI Rules Engine), which uses smart home sensors and machine learning to determine an occupant’s home preferences and automatically adjust their conditions. CLAIRE was developed by Soren Daugaard, who won $2,000 worth of Z-Wave devices for future smart home development.
Finally, the third-place winner was the IoT Sentry, an indoor/outdoor monitoring solution built with Z-Wave technology. The IoT Sentry can lock and unlock doors, turn lights on and off, control water systems, send SMS messages, detect smoke and floods, and integrate with many other services through IF This Then That (IFTTT). Tim Sills, creator of the IoT Sentry, won $1,000 worth of Z-Wave devices as the third-place prize.
“The contest was a great success, and we received so many excellent submissions,” said Sigma Designs’ Carsten Steffensen. “We launched the contest to get more makers accessing the Public Z-Wave specification to create unique and interesting Z-Wave applications. The community did not disappoint. Congratulations to our winners, and a huge thank you to everyone who participated. Stay tuned for similar competitions from us in the future.”
To learn more about Z-Wave, read A Mandatory Security Framework for IoT Devices.