![]() ![]() And if you don’t want to tip off your roommate or significant other that you’ve emptied yet another vessel, you can simply wave at the can and a different sensor will detect the movement and open the can without your saying a word. The motor that opens the lid fits inside the can’s hinge and is remarkably quiet, opening and closing with just a faint whir. After that, I plugged in its AC power adapter and simply tolerated the thin cord snaking around the wall to reach the counter-height outlet at my wet bar. Vesper has a technology optimistically dubbed “ZeroPower Listening” that “consumes virtually no power until turned on via a wake word.” In my experience, the can devoured the first half-dozen fresh AA batteries in a little more than a month with daily use. The can obviously needs electricity to operate, so I was happy to learn that it can be battery powered. I switched to the provided AC adapter after that. The Simple Human Sensor Can wore out its first set of six AA batteries in about a month. You can also say “stay open” and the lid will remain open until you say “close can” (it will automatically close after 10 minutes if you don’t). Simply say “open can” and the lid will lift, stay open for a few seconds, and then automatically close. Vesper says its mics are designed to withstand contact with oil, water, beer, and dust contaminants you can reasonably expect to find in any garbage can (although I wonder why wine, spaghetti sauce, and coffee grounds didn’t make the list).īecause the intelligence is onboard, you don’t need to also have a smart speaker in the house or connect the can to your Wi-Fi network. I found it to be about 95-percent successful at recognizing the wake word even while I was playing loud music in the room, and repeating “open can” wasn’t exactly a show-stopper when the can didn’t comply the first time. ![]() Simplehuman’s trash can is outfitted with three piezoelectric MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems) microphones, designed and manufactured by Vesper, that enable it to triangulate the source of a command while rejecting background noise. I still don’t think I’d pay $200 for a trash can, but I’ve enjoyed living with this beautifully smart one for six months. But when the pitch to review the Simplehuman Rectangular Sensor Can with Voice Control popped up in my email, I thought voice control might have jumped the shark. I control nearly every aspect of my smart home with voice commands: Lighting, security, door locks, my TV… even my garage door openers.
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