Lately, I’ve been designing a complete open-source smart home resolution in my mind inspired by the Apple’s eco-system. It consists of several different parts that would cover almost everything in both real and digital life. For real life, there should be a home security guard, a health tracking system, a IoT system that controls cleaning robots, automobiles, doors and windows. For digital life, there should be a file storage service, a messaging and meeting service and a security system. That seems to be everything by me.

I totally agree that everything should be controlled by the users rather than some tech giants or the government, otherwise the reliablity and security of these services cannot be guaranteed. There should also be a user-friendly interface for the user to install and use while keeping high functionality and extensibility. This is going to be a huge project. So far, I’ve named the open-source project OpenSyn, and the company SynTech or SynHome. Good luck on this project, or maybe someone will create something like this someday.