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Learning thermostat

Recorded year2011

Nest learns a household's schedule to save energy.

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Built on

MEMS sensorsRecorded · 1993enables
Wi-FiRecorded · 1997enables

Led to

Room-by-room climate fieldsRecorded · 2017enables
Self-running smart homeForecast · ~2028enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.