The Canary smart home security device measures just 15cm x 7cm, yet contains a host of sensors and even an HD camera with night vision -- all supported by a machine-learning app. Courtesy:Canary)

The Canary is a tiny device that packs a heavyweight security punch and has been designed for the average homeowner or renter.

Launched with much fanfare on the Indiegogo crowd-funding website, the Canary measures a mere six inches in height and can be left on a table or a bookshelf in order to do its business -- that is, protecting your home.

Despite its small form factor, the device contains an HD camera with night vision setting, motion detector, speaker and microphone, temperature, humidity and air quality sensors, and an accelerometer and is wi-fi enabled.

Its creators wanted to build an ' empowering' device that gave the average consumer access to the types of home security that until now were the preserve of the super rich. And that's why as well as a raft of sensors, the Canary uses a set of algorithms that help it learn about its surroundings, its owner and the household's regular comings and goings. As a result, it knows when an event is really out of the ordinary and not just a teenage son or daughter coming home early because of a free period at college.

"Security has specifically been designed to meet the needs of a very small group of people. As a result, the vast majority of American homes have no security, including the people that need it the most. With Canary, we built the first smart security device for everyone," explained Adam Sager, professional security expert and Canary founder.

The device is an attempt to offer a true alternative to elaborate and expensive bespoke home security installations with something that is inexpensive and easy to use.

The Canary is designed to be unpacked, set up and activated in roughly one minute. Communicating via an app -- or for potential customers without a smartphone or a data signal, via an internet browser -- the device offers a live stream of video and sensor data, and a data and trends tracker. It can also be automatically armed or disarmed based on pattern detection -- such as by learning a family's typical routine -- and once it reaches its crowd-funding goal and officially launches, will feature a range of extra services including a 24-hour security call center.

Initial backers can reserve a Canary for $169 via Indiegogo now. Once the product officially rolls on to market next year, it will retail for $199. In less than 24 hours the Canary has already amassed $329,486 -- three times its initial funding target and there are still 35 days left to run on the campaign.

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Home security systems are all pretty similar, and very few of them put control in the hands of the user. Canary wants to help fix that, with an all-in-one device that allows the user to secure their home the way they choose to.

If you have a home security system right now, youre either clever enough to build and deploy your own sensors with WiFi enabled cameras and alarms, or you have something provided by a larger company. These pre-built systems are tied into your whole home, but ultimately give you very little control over your own security.

If your front door is opened and the alarm goes off when you arent there, has your house been broken into or did one of your family members not disarm the system in time? Will you know the answer to that question before the police arrive? Usually the answer is no, because you either dont have the ability to pull up your security cameras in your house or you dont have any installed. More importantly, you cant remotely control whether or not your system contacts the police with most systems. Canary wants to try to fix this, by making a single box packed with sensors and an app to offer you more control.

I sat down recently with Adam Sager, the Cofounder and CEO of Canary, to discuss his project. Sager explained that his goal was to make a single device that had everything in it users would need to gather important information about their homes, in order to make informed decisions about the state of their home when they werent there.

The system starts with a night vision capable HD camera with a wide angle lense in a clever looking WiFi enabled box that you can positioned anywhere in your home, and ends with a machine that can report temperature, motion, humidity, air quality, and can even act as the alarm for your house. Theres even a 3-axis accelerometer built in that can detect earthquakes and can report all of this information through the iOS or Android app.

Sager explained that the whole point of the hardware was to empower the user. He wanted something in his house that told him when the front door opened, but allowed him to look for himself and determine whether or not the police needed to be involved. He wanted a device that was capable of knowing that his apartment was filled with smoke, but allowed him to look and see if it was a fire or just an accident in the kitchen that had already been handled. If theres an incident, and the user doesnt get involved, the relevant emergency agency is contacted just like a normal security system. The only real difference here is the more granular control the user has, and the lack of sensors installed all over your house.

The most appealing part of Canary is the price. Theres no monthly rate for Canary, and each box you put in your house is $199. You can have as many of these boxes as you want, and the app will network them all together for you. As long as you have a place to put them, you can have as many as you want.

Canary is currently available as an Indiegogo campaign, with an early bird special running at $149 for a Canary box. If Canary can deliver on the experience they are promising, this inexpensive little box could be exactly what most people need in thier homes instead of an expensive and clumsy security system.

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The startup is developing a $199 home security device with an HD camera and multiple sensors that is managed by an iOS or Android smartphone.

Canary includes an HD video camera and multiple sensors that track motion, vibration, temperature, and other factors.

Canary wants to make home security simpler and smarter. The startup is launching an Indiegogo campaign to raise $100,000 to get to the finish line, with shipment slated for May 2014.

Unlike SmartThings, which is developing a platform for building apps and devices that work with a variety of sensors, Canary is more of an all-in-one solution for home security, including video capture and motion and temperature sensing.

The 6-inch-tall and 3-inch-wide cylindrical device includes a 720p HD video camera with a wide-angle lens and night vision, and multiple sensors for tracking motion, vibration, sound, temperature, humidity, and air quality. An app for iOS or Android manages the Wi-Fi-enabled device, sending out alerts and notifications, and offering guided actions for emergencies and analytics. In addition, Canary is supposed to be smart. The company said that Canary learns from daily activities what the baseline is for normal conditions as a way to filter out false alarms.

Canary sends alerts to the app, from which users can trigger a siren to scare off intruders.

Up to four of the $199 devices could be deployed in a location, and a home with several rooms would require two or three. Indiegogo contributors can preorder the Canary. For a mere $8,800, you can own the first Canary off the production line, signed by the team that designed it. Canary also plans to offer a fee-based service for customers to store data and video, and a 24-hour call center.

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One of the most popular reasons for connecting your home has been to monitor it. People have been placing Dropcams in their houses as well as downloading apps such as the People Power Presence app that turns an old iPad or iPhone into a camera. As far back as 2003 I was visiting startups that tried to use a houses broadband access as a window into the home when the owner was away.

So of course, the latest crop of connected gizmos would target the home security market. Canary, a 6-inch by 3-inch device is just the latest of these to launch. The company behind the product is based in New York City and put the Canary on Indiegogo Monday hoping to score customers and some money. The $199 device (early birds get it for $149) sits inside a room and has sensors that track motion, acceleration and sound. It also has an HD camera with night vision and a wide-angle lens.

Its portable, requiring only the sensor-laden device and a hub that plugs into your wireless router, so renters can partake of this particular connected experience, unlike the Nest or some of the locks that require homeowners to possibly modify their domiciles and break their leases.

The idea is that people plop the Canary in a main room and the devices detects anomalies. When something happens that isnt accounted for under its algorithms, it notifies you. Heres where CEO and Co-founder Adam Sager throws out all the stats about the high cost and low usage rate of home security systems like those from big home security firms such as ADT. However, in viewing this product its less about security as a way to prevent harm, and more about security in the sense that you know whats going on in your house.

For example, this is a nifty product for those wanting to know if someone entered their house while they were on vacation, but less aimed at those who view a security system as something to scare away an intruder or protect people inside a home. Sager says that ability is coming, with an ability to hook in the system to a call center, but thats not the priority today.

It will compete with plenty of other options on the market, from hacked-together Dropcam systems to security-focused projects such as Scout, Alertlyand others that are sure to launch in the coming months. I know it is early days, but I feel like so far the internet of things has given us a variety of connected devices that are logging lots of data and giving us many alerts, but arent taking the next steps to prompt or generate action.

Im eager for the next phase when we start using this data to drive people to take action, whether its my Jawbone Up trying to change my behavior through suggestions, or my home security systems detecting trouble and notifying someone even if the notification is just to all of my other connected devices to defend my home like the furniture in Disneys Beauty in the Beast fended off the invaders.

And now, with the image of a Sphero rolling under a robbers feet and my Ecobee thermostat suddenly blasting him with hot air fresh in my mind, Im off to find a connected killer robot.

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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Jul 22, 2013) - Canary, a technology startup with a mission to make people safer and more connected to their homes, today announced the launch of an affordable and empowering home security solution. The Canary smart home security device will ship in early 2014 and can be pre-ordered today via indiegogo.

At 6 inches tall and 3 inches in diameter, Canary contains multiple sensors that gather data from its surrounding environment to learn the patterns and rhythms of your household. While other home security systems rely on binary sensors that can only tell users if a door or window is open or closed, Canary applies complex algorithms to the data it collects to understand what qualifies as a notable event, and then communicates to the user why that event happened and what action should be taken. Canary is a learning system; the longer the device is owned, the smarter it becomes.

"Why is it that we can't easily buy 'security' today?" asked Adam Sager, professional security expert and Canary founder. "It's because security has specifically been designed to meet the needs of a very small group of people. As a result, the vast majority of American homes have no security, including the people that need it the most. With Canary, we built the first smart security device for everyone."

"Existing home security systems are costly, complicated and ineffective," stated Chris Rill, Canary co-founder and CTO. "Elaborate installations and expensive contracts price most people out of the market, and two-thirds of those who do have home security solutions don't regularly use them."

"We designed Canary to not only keep people safe, but to be a beautiful and friendly addition to their homes and lives," said Jon Troutman, Canary co-founder and Design Director. "From the beginning, we focused on designing a product that would be simple and intuitive to use. Canary empowers people to protect their homes and families, without adding any unnecessary frustration or friction into their daily routines."

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Canary can be unboxed, placed on an end-table or bookshelf within a home, and set up in under a minute. Activity and alerts are accessed through a free app, where users will have the ability to set preferences and control alerts through their smartphone or a web browser.

Additional settings will allow users to govern who sees alerts and adjust levels of sensitivity to fit changes in lifestyle, such as vacation and work schedules. Optional service plans will be available to allow users to store more data and have access to a 24/7 security call center.

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