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News from the Candle project

Visit the exhibit at Spring House
Currently you can visit the Candle exhibit in Amsterdam. It's located at Spring House, a "club house for radical innovators".…
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So.. we made some stickers...
To promote Candle we made some stickers that resemble the warning labels on cigaret packaging, but which relate the the…
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Great reactions at Dutch Design Week
Candle has hit Dutch Design Week, and the first responses are great. People really appreciate the project, which is a great…
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Press Release: Introducing Candle, the first privacy-focused smart home system
A new privacy-friendly smart home system called Candle is launching at Dutch Design Week 2019. Unlike most existing smart…
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Custom hardware for the CO2 sensor
Can we get geeky for a minute? To make his prototypes even more "ready for mass production", Jesse Howard's designed special…
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How "good enough" AI could make voice assistants more ethical
In 2019 it was revealed that Amazon, Google and even Apple employed thousands of people to listen to voice recordings from…
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Candle will launch at Dutch Design Week
It's a party for privacy! You're invited Candle will officially launch at the Dutch Design Week 2019. From October 19th…
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Exploring what a privacy aesthetic could look like
Artist Dinie Besems and designer Jesse Howard are researching privacy friendly devices. Fit for a king Dinie Besems, a jeweler…
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Introducing the researchers
How could consumers recognise privacy friendly products? We've asked an artist and a designer to explore this question.…
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Hello world!
Candle is a privacy friendly smart home demonstrator. Its purpose is to show a different way forward for smart homes. A…
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