Jacksonville-based Global Caché has a new, award-winning device to show off at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week.
The iTachFlex — the size of a pack of gum — allows users to control and automate virtually any kind of system or protocol.
“We believe this revolutionary little device is a game-changer for us and our partners as we continue to work with them for system and software solutions,” said Global Caché vice president Robin Ford. “The on-board memory, HTTP interface, and ability to add different connectivity cables to it, make it unique and quite powerful. This is the culmination of over 10 years in the control and automation markets, the market changing advent of smartphones and tablets, and listening to input from thousands of customers.”
The iTach Flex won the International CES Innovations 2013 Design and Engineering Honoree Award. There were a 29 product categories eyeing cutting-edge design and engineering.
The Flex has a smart end-point that WiFi or network enables electrical devices, adding intelligence to the enabled device, allowing events and tasks to be triggered. The Flex supports HTTP for web browser access control from anywhere on the network. It includes a 4 Meg flash drive, allowing for use of local memory on the Flex to accomplish tasks, store web pages and JavaScript, and to be used in system operation.
The Flex ‘s size suits it for transparent coupling and seamless integration with any device in homes or businesses. Its makers say the Flex is designed to work with the cloud-based Global Caché IR database. Employing the cloud-based IR database, IR codes are easily identified, downloaded, and stored in the Flex.
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