5 Simple Tips to Stay Organized When You Work from Home
Keeping things on-point is essential to good focus, and a stress-free life. When was the last time you took an audit of your home work area?
Could Your Calgary Home Be Operated By Siri Soon?
It looks like Apple's at it again. They've recently filed for a patent that could integrate Siri into an actual smart-home. As with the Apple HomePod being part of the Apple HomeKit, this could potentially mean we're one step closer to having an IronMan-esq home complete with our very own personal assistant. Naturally it will be some time until we know for sure but check out the International Business Times article to see more! #smarthomecalgary #calgaryhomes
Kubix Living at Patterson Point - Calgary Homes
Did you know that Kubix has teamed up with the team at Quinn Corp to be part of The Point at Patterson Heights? We've got some incredible designs coming up as well as a new virtual 3D walkthrough of our latest Patterson 2 project. Check out the progress of our Patterson Heights progress here! #calgarymodernhome #modernhomescalgary #modernhome #calgaryhomes
Coming Soon: The Kubix Metro
Development for Kubix's latest creation: The Metro has started. Our reputation has been built on creating some of the most desirable and undisputedly high-tech homes in Calgary. The metal matrix hybridized construction partnered with the latest tech and building methods makes a Kubix home the right choice for inner city living. Here are the details: Community: Bridgeland Building Type: Side-by-side Levels: 3 Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 3.5
Size: 2660sqft
Garage: Double Detached
Can We Make a Home Feel Larger?
If you've ever even heard of people talking about computers, you'll know that batteries haven't gotten better, but technology has. This has allowed computers with smaller batteries than in the past to last longer while minimize the overall footprint of the device. Back in the day, you were lucky to get a laptop to go 2 hours without the battery dying on it - now you can get a computer that was 3/4 less and get 12 hours on a smaller battery. This was due to the way the compute
Shipping Containers Gone Modular
Shipping containers - from an engineering and design perspective - incredible marvels of structure and resistance. From being stacked full of cargo to holding up the weight of other containers filled to the brim with cargo, their design is ideal for the modular home. If you didn't know already, the nerds here at Kubix have been interested in modular container homes for some time. Their versatility, easy-to-combine nature allows for some pretty impressive structures to be buil
The Smart Home and the Connected Home
When he built his home, Alex Tagliani was quoted in the Montreal Gazette as stating "a smart home allows you to customize upon your needs - that's the advantage". He is entirely correct in this. The magic of having so many gadgets and outlets for communication between appliances, the home itself, and the dwellers of those homes is that no matter what you need, there's a tool to make it happen. Eventually, the home will learn from its owner and become even more accurate and ab
EVE Connect - Linking your Smart Home to Your Smart Car
As more and more consumers opt for newer and newer vehicles, the possibility of linking the smart phone, to the smart home, to the smart car is becoming ever less a dream and ever more a possibility for some great innovations. With Tesla releasing its Model 3, and the innovative technologies built into the more affordable electric smart vehicle, we at Kubix Calgary are excited to see what a tool like Eve Connect brings to the mix. EVE Connect is described as “the most advance
7 Future Home Technologies Coming to a Modern Calgary Home Near You
Never before have we ever had such a paradigm shift in the modern home as within the past 5 years. Thanks to the innovative IoT companies around the world, we've been able to integrate products into our homes like never before, and with more around the corner, it's great to stay on top of the latest trends and see what might just be coming to your home . Check out this article from LifeHack about 6 future home technologies you should know about! Are you looking to build a mod
A Personal Electronic Butler for the Calgary Modern Home?
Imagine you wake up in the morning and your home recognizes you, turns on the lights, and starts a fresh pot of coffee the moment you step out of your bedroom door. Imagine your smart home sees you go to work and automatically locks the door, shuts off all the lights, turns your thermostat down AND starts the dishwasher for you. Think it's impossible? Well the team at SmartAll has launched a kickstarter for just that! Check it out at readwrite.com. This product will blow you