Using Reflection

Show Notes Topics: Ego, Hobbies, Home Automation, Guitar, Hardware, Internet of Things, Social Interaction Companies: Keen Home Inc. Amano Magnetic Introduction In this episode we are joined by Vijay Parikh, Lead Engineer at smart home automation startup Keen Home Inc. Vijay shares his unique perspective on the burgeoning new market for smart home devices and other consumer hardware, a perspective based in part on a previous long stint in his career working on parking garage firmware. Yes, parking garages. You’ve almost certainly never thought about it, but parking garages have kiosk computers tracking cars, payments, open parking spaces and more. Vijay breaks it down for us, and explains why he came back to hardware because he believes the cloud is commoditized and cloud plus custom hardware will drive the next wave of innovation. He also shares wisdom and amusing anecdotes from working abroad, playing guitar and building competitive pumpkin launchers (trebuchet). Guest Bio Vijay Parikh is Lea