The Technical Difficulties Podcast
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The Technical Difficulties Podcast
Is This New Smart Home Tech Too Good To Be True? | S5E3
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What if your smart home devices never needed batteries — ever? In this episode recorded LIVE at CES 2026, Pete, Brandon, and Vince sit down with Danielle Hicks, VP of Marketing at WePower Technologies/GEMNS to learn how their energy harvesting technology is about to change the smart home game.
GEMNS converts tiny movements — a button push, a switch flip, a lock turn — into enough energy to power a wireless signal. No batteries. No wiring. No maintenance. And it lasts forever.
We cover how the tech actually works, their battery-free Z-Wave leak detector (the first device certified under the new Z-Wave Long Range 2025b protocol), what it costs, and where this could go — from smart home sensors to industrial applications to aging in place.
Is it real or science fiction? We were skeptical too. Then she explained it.
Learn more about GEMNS: https://gemns.com
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