The premise of Nest Protect is pretty simple. Smoke detectors are annoying ... It’s also got a heat sensor, three motion detectors, an ambient light sensor and humidity sensor.

For example, Nest’s motion sensors can tell when people ... This “gestural hush,” detected by motion sensors in the smoke detector, gives them some time to deal with the offending situation.

At any rate, the news is now official: Nest is indeed coming out with a smoke ... carbon monoxide detector, the Protect also acts as a night light of sorts: it has a motion sensor that allows ...

At least that's the claim behind Nest's latest home innovation, the Nest Protect, a 6-by-6 inch device that brings Siri-like voice and motion ... of detectors—a photoelectric smoke sensor ...

Similar to how the thermostat’s motion sensors can figure out ... the uncooperative thermostat, and now Nest Labs has remade the lowly household smoke detector, which all too often ends up ...

His Silicon Valley-based start-up released the Nest thermostat ... engineers "gutted" the typical detector and put in new sensors, including a photoelectric smoke sensor, CO sensor, heat sensor ...

The Nest Protect is a sensor-packed smoke and carbon monoxide detector that aims to remove all the annoyances ... Just a wave, which the Protect sees thanks to a motion sensor. Speaking of which, that ...

A square with rounded corners, Nest CEO Tony Fadell ... you can turn off the alarm by simply waving at the Protect, which senses the wave with an ultrasonic motion sensor. If you have more than ...

We’ve all experienced that annoyance: You’re cooking bacon on Sunday morning and the smoke alarm goes ... The Nest Protect uses what Google calls a Split-Spectrum Sensor, which uses a ...

Not Nest’s alarm. With its light sensors and color cues ... installed ultrasonic sensors to detect your hand motion. No need to flap the smoke away; it’s as if you were saying goodbye to ...

There's smoke in the hallway,” a firm, direct female voice announced. “The alarm ... a real fire. Nest Protect has other features that purport to help. Its batteries and sensors are checked ...