This device is all you need to have the smartest home on the block

B.ONE can help unlock doors remotely

The home of today is populated with multiple devices. There may be separate devices for security management, the television, the air conditioner, and so on. That may be functional, but it can also be cluttered. Indian startup Blaze Automation wants to change that with a device that allows total control of security and entertainment from a single control center and app.

The startup is founded by Arjun Valluri, who was the founder and CEO of IT consulting firm Intelligroup Inc. Intelligroup was the first Indian company to go public on Nasdaq and it went on to be acquired by Japan’s NTT Data. After the exit, Arjun become a full time angel investor, backing Xtreme Sports Bar, My Café Latte, and Quattro Logistics.

But then he had a strong desire to dive back into the entrepreneurial journey. This time he sensed a huge gap in the market for a comprehensive security product along with complete home automation. So he rounded up a team of engineers who had previously designed and implemented advanced security systems for banks and smart homes and set to work building Blaze Automation.

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The B.ONE app

The Blaze device, called the B.ONE, can help users control lighting, temperature, audio, video, and home theaters. It also helps regulate the consumption of utility services and reduce the overall bills. It’s a physical device that sits in your home – it looks like a stereo rack combined with a skateboard – but it’s controllable remotely via the Blaze Automation smartphone app.

Assume that you forget to turn off the heat or left the espresso machine running. Blaze Automation’s lifestyle learning engine will cause the system to alert you and let you address the problem from your smartphone.

Or, if your wife has forgotten the door keys and you are in the office, she can ring the doorbell and you can unlock the door for her through the app.

Blaze Automation can also charge mobile phones wirelessly.

“We wanted to build a smart intelligent system that’s easy to use and future-ready,” says Arjun.

Arjun says installing a new system is easy. The B.ONE is designed as a wholly DIY product that takes just 60 seconds to configure.

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The B.ONE device

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