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:

Customized for iAutomate.com and home automation applications, the HA Edition R500 Long Range RFID Reader is used in conjunction with HomeSeer Software or Crestron Systems (Sold Separately) and is specifically designed for detection (or absence) of people, vehicles, and personal assets. The R500 RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) Reader provides near field or long range coverage for real-time detection of people, pets, vehicles or anything else you can identify with one of the various RFID tags.

The site also says you can:

• Control the lights, HVAC, garage door or security system when your car approaches or leaves your home.


• Detect if vehicle is in the garage.


• Detect a person entering or leaving a room or area.


• Arm or Disarm Security by individual tag.


• Automatically open a "pet" door when your pet approaches the door.


• Control, Lights, Music, and Temperature based upon the presence or absence of a tag - watch your friends be amazed at the total comfort you have in your home when your environment follows you from room to room!

Sounds like the perfect tool for the home dictator in all of us.

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