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Nature, Inc. Announces Intelligent Room Air Conditioner Controller "Nature Remo"
[May 23, 2016]

Nature, Inc. Announces Intelligent Room Air Conditioner Controller "Nature Remo"


BOSTON, May 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Nature, Inc. announces new IoT product "Nature Remo", an air conditioner controller that transforms any window-mounted or through-wall AC into a smart one. Nature is launching a Kickstarter to introduce the product to market, with an early bird price of $49 (and a regular price of $69).

Nature Remo

Nature Remo is an IoT device equipped with infrared, power control and sensors that, along with a mobile app, enable users to control their ACs from anywhere. Compared to other products in the market, Nature Remo is a cost-effective and universal solution for room ACs. With the Nature Remo, users can:

  • Control their room AC from anywhere
  • Pre-cool spaces and automatically turn off their AC when they leave
  • Adjust temperature and humidity
  • Save energy and reduce electricity bills

Nature Remo includes two units, the Controller and the Power Plug. The Controller uses WiFi to connect to the internet and infrared to communicate with room ACs, ad is equipped with temperature, humidity, motion, illumination and voice sensors. It can also detect motion in the room. The Power Plug supplies power to the Controller and can read power consumption and control the outlet.



In the current release, Nature Remo includes the Controller, AC adaptor (to supply the Controller with power) and mobile app. The Power Plug will be released by year's end, and will enable customers to use Nature Remo for room ACs without a remote. The Power Plug's ability to read consumption also opens the door to the use of Nature Remo for demand management. Nature Remo has the potential to connect millions of room ACs to the internet to participate in energy demand management programs. Room ACs contribute up to 15% of peak electricity demand in NYC and Tokyo.

Nature, Inc. will also grant access to Nature Remo's API so developers can program interaction with other IoT products. Nature Remo can be used for other appliances using its infrared communication function as well. The product will be officially released in August 2016.


Learn more by visiting: http://nature.global/.

About Nature, Inc.
Boston-based Nature, Inc. is currently participating in Harvard's Venture Incubation Program. The company won the London Business School CleanTech Challenge, was a finalist in the Harvard Business School New Venture Competition, and a semifinalist in the MIT Clean Energy Prize and MIT 100K Accelerate & Launch competitions.

Founder/CEO Haruumi Shiode, a student at Harvard Business School, previously worked for Mitsui & Co and worked in power development in Southeast Asia. He earned his MS in Computer Science at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden.

Co-founder/COO Masakazu Ohtsuka is the planner and developer of "IRKit," an open source smart IR controller which sold nearly 10,000 units. Prior to IRKit, Masakazu worked for Panasonic, and planned and developed a number of successful web services at Kayak (web service producer in Japan).

For inquiries, contact [email protected].

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SOURCE Nature, Inc.


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