Forget about connecting your smart home, can you imagine the technical challenge of connecting a rhinoceros to the internet (http://fortune.com/2015/07/27/iot-rhinos/)? That's what a new anti-poaching organization called Protect has done with its effort to connect rhinos in South Africa to the internet as part of an anti-poaching effort (http://weareprotect.org/index.html). Kevin and I discuss the project on this week's show, as well as the challenges of living with new products that try to train algorithms to help make life easier. So far, their just make you have to interact more with mobile apps.
We also discuss Best Buy's plan to use the Geek Squad as a network of experts to help homeowners navigate the complexities of the internet of things. Neither Kevin nor I are sure this is the way to save Best Buy, but we're willing to see if the Geek Squad can become the Apple Genius Bar of the smart home. In other retail news, we snagged David Newman, the man in charge of pulling together Target's Open Home store concept that was launched earlier this month to discuss plans for the space and what he's learned so far (http://fortune.com/2015/07/09/target-open-house/). He also shares why the furniture inside the store is clear. Listen up, and before you go, please note that Kevin and I will be skipping our show next week because we're taking a quick week-long break in broadcasting. See you next on August 14.
