--- title: "Recap: Demos & Drinks in OC, Smart Home Edition" description: Tech in Motion Orange County hosted a Demos & Drinks event - smart home edition. Over 400 attendees had the chance to check out INSTEON, EDGEhome and Smartenit and learn what it takes to get their homes as smart as their cell phones. image: https://techinmotion.com/hubfs/TIM-Blog-Feature-Photos-events-3.png --- # Recap: Demos & Drinks in OC, Smart Home Edition Oct 16, 2014 [ Tech in Motion ](https://techinmotion.com/blog/author/tech-in-motion) At the end of September, Tech in Motion Orange County hosted a Demos & Drinks mixer - smart home edition! Some of the best home automation companies were on display at [Eureka Building’s](http://www.eurekabuilding.com/) high-tech outdoor venue while 400 Tech in Motion members enjoyed drinks, viewing the latest home tech and meeting up with local techies and friends. ![Eureka Building](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png) Featured companies [INSTEON](http://www.insteon.com/), [EDGEhome](http://edgehome.com/) and [Smartenit](http://smartenit.com/) demonstrated how our Orange County members could use the latest smart home tech in their own homes. ![demo](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png) [Medicast](https://www.medicast.co/?utm_source=redirects&utm_medium=medicast.com&utm_campaign=301_Redirects), a service that delivers doctors to your home within two hours with just a click of a button graciously sponsored the event and raffled off a service package to a lucky member! ![Medicast](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png) INSTEON entertained our members by demonstrating how they've integrated their Windows 8.1 phone app with Cortana, Microsoft's digital assistant. ![insteon](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png) EDGEhome and Smartenit both helped our members understand the logistics behind home automation. While Smartenit has been part of demo events other than Tech in Motion, they were sure to note that this was one of their best demoing experiences to date. They said the casual atmosphere and interest from our members really made their demoing process enjoyable! ![smartenit](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png) ![Edgehome](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png) Founder Peter Cullen of [Core Performance Consulting](http://coreperformance.net/) also sponsored this event, and provided our members with information on how his company can provide excellent Cloud based Accounting Services to small and mid-sized businesses. ![core performance](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png) As always with our events at Eureka, people networked into the early evening and left our event with new information, new friends and new memories! We can't thank our sponsors [Workbridge Associates](http://www.workbridgeassociates.com/), [Jobspring Partners](http://www.jobspringpartners.com/), [Core Performance Consulting](http://coreperformance.net/), [Medicast](https://www.medicast.co/) and [Eureka Building ](http://www.eurekabuilding.com/)enough for helping us put together this event! ![IMG_8142 (1)](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png) ![tim1](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png) ![tim5](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png) ![IMG_8136 (1)](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png) If you'd like to learn more information about joining the largest tech meetup in Orange County, please check out [Tech in Motion Orange County](http://www.meetup.com/TechinmotionOC/) to join the group and RSVP for our upcoming events! #### Related Posts [Building Success in the Competitive Cybersecurity Market: A Fireside Chat with Arlo Solutions ](https://techinmotion.com/blog/startup-to-success-fireside-chat-with-arlo-solutions) In this candid conversation, founders Lonye Ford, CEO @ Arlo Solutions, and Arlene Wube, President & COO @ Arlo Solutions, will share their unique story with moderator Ana Chaud, Co-Founder @... 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