{"id":8341,"date":"2012-04-05T14:28:06","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T19:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/?p=8341"},"modified":"2012-04-05T14:28:06","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T19:28:06","slug":"the-ipod-of-thermostats-gets-an-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2012\/04\/05\/the-ipod-of-thermostats-gets-an-update\/","title":{"rendered":"The iPod of Thermostats Gets an Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8342\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"The NEST learning thermostat has some big updates and is back on sale.\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/04\/airwave-on-nest-thermostat.png\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8342\" title=\"airwave-on-nest-thermostat\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/04\/airwave-on-nest-thermostat-300x240.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/04\/airwave-on-nest-thermostat-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/04\/airwave-on-nest-thermostat.png 557w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Photo courtesy of NEST<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The NEST learning thermostat has some big updates and is back on sale.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In December, a new thermostat came on the market. This normally\u00a0wouldn&#8217;t be exciting news, but in this case the device &#8212; called<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nest.com\/\">\u00a0Nest <\/a>&#8212; was from some of the same designers behind the iPod, and the new thermostat promised to &#8220;learn&#8221; your habits and program itself. (You can <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2011\/12\/05\/the-ipod-of-thermostats\/\">read our earlier story on the Nest here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>The product was such a success it quickly sold out (despite a $250 price tag). Today the company announced it&#8217;s back on sale, and has two innovative updates to its software:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A feature called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nest.com\/2012\/04\/05\/nest_thermostat_software_brings_more_info_savings_access\/#Airwave\">AirWave<\/a>, which maximizes the perfomance of your air conditioner, a feature that would be welcome in the hot, dry Texas summers. As the Nest website explains, &#8220;after your air conditioner turns off, it stays cold for awhile, just like your ice cream stays cold after it comes out of the freezer.\u00a0Airwave stops your air-conditioner early, then uses the fan to spread cold air from your turned-off compressor through your home.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>You can now see a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nest.com\/2012\/04\/05\/saving-energy-with-energy-history\/\">10-day view of your energy history<\/a> that shows you when your system was on and how weather, adjustments or being away from your home changed your energy use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gadget guide Harry McCracken applauds the new features. &#8220;I still think that Nest has a shot at helping to set off a revolution at least as important as the one launched by the iPod,&#8221; he says. You can read some thoughts on the new updates over at <a href=\"http:\/\/techland.time.com\/2012\/04\/05\/nests-learning-thermostat-gets-its-first-software-update\/\"><em>Time&#8217;s<\/em> Techland<\/a>\u00a0blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In December, a new thermostat came on the market. This normally\u00a0wouldn&#8217;t be exciting news, but in this case the device &#8212; called\u00a0Nest &#8212; was from some of the same designers behind the iPod, and the new thermostat promised to &#8220;learn&#8221; your habits and program itself. (You can read our earlier story on the Nest here.) 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