Apple Party in 2008 to found Nest Labs, the engineer has to design beautiful and simple objects to seduce the public.
– Reuters
is drawing up plans for his home in Lake Tahoe, there a few years ago, Tony Fadell had the idea of ??making their own thermostats. Those existing on the market were so “ugly” and limited in their functionality, there was certainly room for a different object.
So with his friend Matt Rogers, former Apple like him, they created Nest Labs in 2010 and sold in October 2011 at a small round object licked design, costing 250 dollars apiece. It is easy to install a thermostat, and is able to program itself depending on its environment.
Design, simplicity, ergonomics: the leg of one of the fathers of the iPod is recognized. Tony Fadell spent seven years at Apple, he left in 2008. It was he who had the idea and designed the sleek design of the digital music player, which had sold over 160 million copies worldwide at the time of his departure.
Apple in the soul
computer engineer 44 years, passed by Philips to create personal digital assistants, first tried to launch himself a player creating his start-up, Fuse. But his project has attracted the attention of Steve Jobs and Apple recruited.
Party because of clashes with Scott Forstall, the head of the iPhone, Apple Fadell remained in the soul. Thus, 97 of its 300 employees are alumni of the firm at the apple, poached in series during meals at BJ’s Brewery Cupertino.
did not disclose how much it would win in a personal capacity in the sale of Nest Labs, which is entirely in cash. The creator of business will be able to continue to develop his company independently within Google. And this is probably only the beginning of the story. In December, Fadell explained only 1% of U.S. households (1.1 million) used its smartphone controlled by thermostat. It has also launched a new sensor is connected: a smoke detector and carbon dioxide. Tens of thousands of copies have already been ordered.
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