????實際上，它已經可以為用戶實現很多功能。霍金森自己的家中已有幾百個設備聯系在了一起。當他晚上上床睡覺時，設備會自動關閉；如果忘關了房門，們也會自動鎖上。來自明尼蘇達州底特律湖的埃里克?舒爾德現年35歲，是產品的一名早期用戶。他在某個網上論壇了解到這家公司，并在去年八月Kickstarter的相關頁面上線后發現了它。他很感興趣，還成了項目的5,600位支持者之一，如今已經把18件設備與SmartThings連接。如果舒爾德沒有關上車庫門，他的iPhone就會收到短信或者提示，SmartThings也可以自動替他關上門。舒爾德說：“它提供了一種更經濟的家庭自動化，也增加了一種更高層次的智能。這種智能是目前許多系統都缺乏的。”

????完成了Kickstarter上的大多數訂單之后，SmartThings開始了常規銷售，而且已經有人開始排隊了。霍金森和他的員工下一步要做什么呢？增加平臺能夠支持的設備，同時提供更細微具體的控制方式。所以，用戶們現在已經可以自動控制家中的溫度，但霍金森還想要控制通風口，從而讓用戶能逐一改變房間的氣候。花盆也可以追蹤植物的健康狀況，包括水、光照和酸堿度等因素。

????能連接到每一個花盆的數字家居？到那時我們才敢說，的確很智能！（財富中文網）

????譯者：嚴匡正

????In practice, that already makes for many user scenarios. Hawkinson has several hundred devices around his home hooked up. So when he goes to bed in the evening, objects automatically shut down, and the door locks if he's been forgetful. Eric Schuld, a 35-year-old early adopter in marketing from Detroit Lakes, Minn., read about the company in an online electronics forum, then discovered its Kickstarter page when it launched last August. Intrigued, Schuld became one of the 5,600 backers and now has 18 devices hooked up to SmartThings. If Schuld leaves the garage door open, he receives a text or notification on his iPhone, but SmartThings can also automatically shut the door for him. "It provides home automation in a way that is more affordable than others but also adds the next level of intelligence that seems to be missing in many of the current systems," explains Schuld.

????Having fulfilled most of the orders from Kickstarter, SmartThings is beginning general sales, and already there's a wait list. The next move for Hawkinson and crew? Let more devices work on their platform and offer more granular controls. So, while users can currently automate the temperature in their homes, Hawkinson wants to be able to control the air vents, so users can change the climate room-by-room and pots can track the health of plants, including the water, lighting, and acidity levels.

????A home connected down to each plant pot? That's dare we say it, smart.