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Home Automation
on January 5, 2006
Open source software is software that is free. Free as in no cost to obtain, and free as in freely modifiable.
A screen shot of the software can be found here.
From the author:
A decent portion of ...
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Home Automation
on January 3, 2006
Plugin for Homeseer V2.0 allows INSTEON CONTROL
Homeseer is a PC based software program that allows users to control home automation devices from different manufacturers using different protocols (X-...
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Home Automation
on June 27, 2005
In the past, we've talked about the Mac Mini as a media server. Now Mundy.org has an excellent three part series that shows you how to set up a low cost home automation server using a Mac Mini. T...
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Home Automation
on June 20, 2005
I found an interesting article and video from CBS 5 in Green Bay. It's about an Experimental Smart Home for seniors in Gainsville, Florida. The article states (this is a direct transcript of the ...
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Home Automation
on June 13, 2005
There's so many home automation wireless protocols out there, it can get downright confusing. The thing to know about Z-Wave from Zensys is that's it's supposed to be extremely cost effec...
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Home Automation
on June 11, 2005
There's a new home automation book on the scene. The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Home Automation is available for preorder at Amazon.com and the description states:
Get the home of tomorrow...
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Home Automation
on June 1, 2005
If you're interested in automating your home, you've got to start somewhere. CNET has a really nice section that breaks down your options for each room of the house. CNET explains what home a...
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Home Automation
on April 19, 2005
It's amazing what you can do with your PlayStation Portable. LiquidIce's PSP Hacks has an article that states:
I've taken it a step further. I now have the ability to turn my lights on a...
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Home Automation
on March 27, 2005
The other day we told you about a great thread that shows some practical uses for home automation over at CocoonTech.com. We've been following the thread with great interest and there's been s...
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Home Automation
on March 23, 2005
What will they think of next? The HomeSeer RFID Starter Kit lets you automate your home with RFID technology, especially anything that can be moved or is mobile and according to iAutomate.com:
Custo...
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Home Automation
on March 16, 2005
There's a lot of discussion about how useful home automation is. We've pointed out one home automation user's experience the other day. We've found a forum entry at CocoonTech.com, wh...
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Home Automation
on March 12, 2005
So yesterday, Slashdot mentioned our post about the first ZigBee SDO Card. The comments on Slashdot were mostly in the realm of "Why use home automation, just get off your butt and turn off the l...
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Home Automation
on March 10, 2005
We were talking about ZigBee the other day and it's a nice to know that soon we'll be able to control our home with a PDA. C-guys is introducing the first ZigBee SDIO Card at CeBit this week w...
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Home Automation
on March 9, 2005
As home automation starts to pick up steam, the choices of standards grow with names like Insteon, ZigBee, and Z-Wave. ExtremeTech.com has an article on some of the choices that are beginning to repla...
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Home Automation
on March 1, 2005
We mentioned the other day that the new Home Heartbeat Monitoring system from Eaton would operate on the IEE 802.15.4 wireless protocol also known as Zigbee. So what is Zigbee? The ChicagoTribune.com...
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Home Automation
on February 28, 2005
We've mentioned the X10 and iControl home monitoring systems. Now there's a new kid on the block. Eaton has introduced the Home heartbeat Monitoring System which should be on sale this summer....
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Home Automation
on February 23, 2005
We told you about Xtension, the X10 software for Macs. Our buddy Jonathan at atamasphere.net reminded us of Indigo, another Home automation software option for Mac Heads. According to Perceptive Auto...
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Home Automation
on February 23, 2005
Looking to automate your home with X10 but you have an aversion to Microsoft? Well you can still use X10 with the Xtension software for Mac created by Sand Hill Engineering. According to Sand Hill En...
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Home Automation
on February 16, 2005
Yesterday we told you about X10's home monitoring products. It seems that X10 has has new competitor in iControl. iControl introduced their home monitoring products at Demo this week. From the iC...
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Home Automation
on February 15, 2005
The other day, we gave some information about what X10 is. Now that you know what X10 is, we bet you're raring to go on your home automation project. The Citizen-Times.com has a review of the X10...
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Home Automation
on February 14, 2005
If you're looking for a new home, got $242,500 to spare, and don't mind moving to Twin Falls Idaho, you'll want to check out first Energy Star certified home in Twin Falls by the state De...
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Home Automation
on February 12, 2005
X10 has become a basis for many home automation projects, but most people still don't know what X10 is. Tony Northrup, co-author of Home Hacking Projects for Geeks has a great article that explai...
