Home automation – Insight Sciences

How Big Is Your Home? See How Your Space Compares to Those Around the World
Lindsay Wilson, inhabitat.com

Graham Hill’s flat is 420 square-feet, HGTV’s smart home is 2,400 square-feet and Al Gore’s home is quite a bit bigger. But just how big is the average home these days, and how big does it need to be? When you compare average new home size around …

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Fact Check: Is Al Gore’s mansion a lot less green than George Bush’s ranch house? (members.jacksonville.com)
A Personal Invitation From Al Gore To Marc Morano (stevengoddard.wordpress.com)

CES 2013 Shocker: Lowe’s Iris Home Automation Has Legs

January 18, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Security & Privacy, Systems Science

(via CES 2013 Shocker: Lowe’s Iris Home Automation Has Legs – CE Pro Article from CE Pro)

SendGrid At CES 2013 (sendgrid.com)
What We Learned at CES and What Brands Have to Know – Day 2 Recap (slideshare.net)
CES 2013 Shocker: Lowe’s Iris Home Automation Has Legs (cepro.com)
XShot Camera and iPhone Accessories at CES 2013 (prweb.com)
MAKE at CES 2013: Hands on with Playsurface, the Open Source Touch Table (makezine.com)
Made For iHome: Why Home Automation Is Apple’s Next Big Thing [CES 2013 Preview] (cultofmac.com)
Gary Shapiro’s conclusions on CES 2013 (armdevices.net)
BT Software’s Kaliki Provides Voice Services in Newest Connected-Vehicle Applications at CES 2013 (prweb.com)
CE Pro Must-See at CES 2013: Global Cache iTach Flex (cepro.com)

Spark Socket wifi light socket

December 1, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Kickstarting: A Wi-Fi-Connected Light Socket Connects Any Bulb To Your iPhone
By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.com

The Spark Socket takes a modular approach to internet-connected home automation, one bulb at a time.

We should live in the Jetsons era by now, but despite all our innovations in computing power and the cloud, our houses remain pret…

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Home Automation Future and Present: WiFi Lightbulbs, Speakers and Doorlocks (latestgadgets.co.uk)
10 Smart Home Technologies Made for the iPhone (gadgetreview.com)
Ube WiFi Smart Dimmer to recieve customized multitouch gesture control (engadget.com)
WATTIO SmartHome 360 Saving You Money And Electricity At Home (cleantechnica.com)

SecuritySpy plus Mac Mini and IP webcam for home security

April 19, 2010 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Security & Privacy

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SecuritySpy.

With this software plus a mac mini, mac pro or iMac, networked webcam with motion detection and low light, some ethenet cable you can create a really sweet home automation and security system that integrates with Indigo for X10