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Home Toys
April 2004 |
Integrated Home Networks The focus of this article is the computer network as part of the integrated home network.   |
Home Toys
April 2003
Song Zun Huang |
CAT 5 is not just for Networking Anymore Even if the homeowner doesn't have a particular use for CAT 5 today, the low cost of the wire and the future uses make it easy to see why you would want to "future-proof" your house by installing CAT 5. |
Wired
January 2004
Chris Anderson |
Welcome to the Broadband Home of the Future Three trends, the rise of digital media, home theater, and broadband adoption, have combined to create a brand-new market unlike any other. Consumer demand for technologies like Wi-Fi and gigabit Ethernet is outpacing corporate adoption. How will the wired home of 2010 look? |
Home Toys
December 2003
Craig Savage |
Connected by Design Digital-house dreams without nightmare budgets |
Home Toys
April 2005
Tori L. Harris |
The Home Technology Integrator Professional Focus for Flexible, Reliable Systems Over the next 10 years or so, your relationship with your home technology integrator may become more important to your lifestyle and how you utilize your home. |
Home Toys
February 2005
Chris Miller |
The Time Is Right for Installers and Systems Designers to Give Customers What They Want--Even If the Customers Don't Know How to Ask It's not unusual for installers and system designers to avoid using computers or to fail to recognize the cost-saving benefits for setting up a LAN or local area network. Each LAN is unique because homeowners invariably want different capabilities from their home networks. |
Home Toys
December 2005
Bill Ablondi |
Home Builders: Key Channel for Consumer Electronics Home builders sold $11 billion worth of technology products in 2004 and expect sales to increase 10-12% in 2005, according to Parks Associates' 2004 Builder Survey. |
Home Toys
August 2002
Dan Quigley |
Getting Ready for the New Face of Home Automation Integrators can now take advantage of a new class of device-independent software that easily integrates multivendor installations, delivering the information and services consumers want while shielding them from complexity and unwanted intrusions. |
Home Toys
June 2004
Carl Bowman |
The Central Nervous System of the Digital Home --- Structured Wiring Remember, structured wiring is all about being able to use not only today's technologies, but also tomorrow's. Done right, structured wiring will immeasurably improve the liveability of a home for a modest price. |
Home Toys
August 2005
Ted Archer |
For High-Speed Home Retrofitting, Look to Coax As in-home IP networking needs increase, installers and homeowners will benefit from using a home's existing infrastructure. |
Home Toys
December 2004
Bill Hambley |
How Do You Sell Lighting Control??? You've got to get your clients to experience lighting control first hand. |
Home Toys
August 2004 |
Connections Summary 2004 A wrap-up of the 2004 Connections home technology coference: Access, Services, & Multimedia in the Digital Home... Broadband... Wireless Services... Networking Technology... VoIP... Games... etc. |
Home Toys
February 2003
Stefan Willmert |
Home Wiring: What Should You Do? As you may realize, preparing your home for technology requires some thought and planning. Take a little time now to layout your plans according to your needs and lifestyle, and you will save yourself headaches as technology changes. |
Home Toys
February 2003
Jimmy Busby |
Hardwired Lighting Control: Now Affordable and Reliable Because of the complexity and the high cost, lighting control and whole house integration has only been available to a fortunate few. By keeping devices simple and programming easy, automation can become something that everyone can use. |
Home Toys
August 2004 |
Home is Where the IQ is! Smart technologies are about to transform how we live and interact with our homes. |
Home Toys
April 2005
Brett Griffin |
Structured Wiring: To Be Wired Or Not To Be! It's confusing to understand what you need to do to with home wiring when you build a home. Here's what you need to know about networking your house. |
Home Toys
August 2004
Axe & Rosenthal |
Lighting Controls Simplified With the proper lighting control system, lighting within a room or throughout a home can be controlled automatically with a single lighting control button, a remote control, when a door is opened or even when the sun rises and sets. |
Home Toys
August 2002
Brad Warnock |
Home Networking Options: Getting the Most From Your Home For homeowners who aren't up to the complexity of stringing cable or installing a wireless home network, or whose wireless networks aren't reaching the critical areas they need to support, the powerline concept is quickly emerging as a robust and viable alternative. |
Home Toys
June 2002
Bill Hubbard |
Lights! Camera! Action! Install your very own camera system & make it available on the 'Net. |
Home Toys
April 2004
Teger & Waks |
Translating Theory to Reality: Broadband Lessons Learned Our goal was to match affordable broadband products and services with the wonderful design created by architect Sarah Susanka, and to demonstrate that these technologies can enable families to live more enjoyable, convenient and productive lives. |
Home Toys
June 2003 |
CONNECTIONS: The Digital Home Conference and Showcase Wrap-up This is a summary of the sessions at CONNECTIONS: The Digital Home Conference and Showcase and is meant to provide an overview of each session. |
Home Toys
June 2005 |
Motorola Ushers New Era in Home Monitoring & Control Consumers can easily install and customize new solutions that work with existing broadband connections -- enabling users to remain connected and informed. Cost-effective and feature-rich, Motorola's solution monitors and controls a variety of home functions. |
Home Toys
February 2004
Frank Koditek |
Selecting a Structured Cabling System for Home Networking, Automation and Entertainment It makes sound business sense for homeowners to take the time to research the residential cabling system marketplace and apply the same value-based thinking to selecting a cabling system as they do in selecting their home. |
Home Toys
April 2003
William Black |
Structured Wiring A career in the installation of structured wiring can be profitable and fun. |
Home Toys
June 2004 |
UPB Powerline Carrier Home Control Technology Web Mountain Technologies (WMT) is one of a new breed of manufacturers in the Home Technology market that is building products based upon TCP/IP networking. |
Wired
November 2002
Jack Boulware |
Power Houses Tech execs and extreme jocks are making the world safe for plasma-screen shaving mirrors and Wi-Fi window shades. Here's an exclusive tour of the ultimate wired homes. |
Home Toys
October 2002
Paul Grimme |
Pervasiveness and Impact of Embedded Controllers On the impact of the pervasiveness of embedded controllers in peoples' daily lives... trends and benefits with embedded controllers related to the home networking and control market... etc. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2004
Fredrik Nilsson |
Surveillance 101 Despite lessons learned from the Columbine High School tragedy, we continue to see incidents of school violence escalate. Here's how to leverage network video to enhance school security, student learning and teacher standards. |
PC Magazine
May 17, 2006
Parker-Perry et al. |
Smarter Homes We take you inside three of the smartest homes in America to show you what they've done and how they did it. |
Home Toys
October 2004
Robert Bruder |
Finding the Computer That Can Run Your Home: Not tomorrow but today The Pentium M combined with the right design features in an all-in-computer may be poised to create a quiet revolution in comfort, security and entertainment within our homes. |
Home Toys
August 2002
Jay Stuck |
Home Security Meets New Technology Security systems like the Safewatch iCenter provide families with the ultimate in home security by combining home safety, with home communications and home automation, making life more secure, comfortable, and convenient. |
Home Toys
June 2004
Chris Miller |
Anchor Your Home Network in Style with an All-in-One PC All-in-one PCs have all the power, storage space and speed you need to integrate your entertainment system into a home network. And they look great doing it. |
PC Magazine
April 6, 2004
Stephanie Chang |
Home Networking: From the Ground Up With blueprints in hand, we give the new home of contributing editors Bruce and Marge Brown a networking makeover. See what technologies we recommend for their home--and yours. |
Home Toys
October 2002
Dan Fulmer |
Home Control Systems: What they offer and how they differ. Your final determination relies on a variety of factors including budget, functionality, upgradeablity, expandablility, confidence in installer and manufacturer. The major decision is to find a qualified systems integrator who can assist in making these determinations. |
Home Toys
October 2002
Richard Gensley |
Structured Wiring: Home Beauty More Than Skin Deep Infrastructure wiring in the walls adds significantly to the excitement of the home. Having the wire in place for connecting computers, security cameras, home theaters, and a host of automation features, makes it so you can take advantage of new and exciting equipment when it becomes available |
Home Toys
April 2003
Maury French |
Structured Wiring Why home builder support for structured wiring is needed in the low-end new home |
Home Toys
December 2005 |
Lights, Plasma, Action! Proper lighting control is essential to a well-designed home theater. And among the myriad choices in lighting control, it is easy to find a system within your budget. |
Home Toys
June 2004
Tom Goldberg |
Managing Your Digital Media A Home Entertainment Server could provide a good solution to storing, managing, accessing and enjoying your digital media. |
Home Toys
February 2004
John Croft |
The Networked Home With predictions that there will be more than 28 million networked homes in the US by the end of 2008, it is possible that traditional technology such as the VCR and the set-top box will gradually disappear and be replaced by all-encompassing home networks. |
Home Toys
June 2004
Don Johnson |
To Centralize or De-Centralize your Lighting Control: That is the Question! It was common knowledge that controlling lights with computerized panels throughout an entire home is a luxury that only the wealthy can afford -- until now! |
Home Toys
June 2002
Damon Bruccoleri |
Make a Big Scene with your Next Lighting System Modern scene lighting affects what people see in your home. Carefully planned lighting can establish mood and color, control the focus of attention, and enhance the beauty and functionality of the home. |
Home Toys
April 2004
Guy Schory |
Smart Homes: The Human aspect A review of some of the problematic issues that may arise while designing, installing and living in a smart home. |
Home Toys
April 2004 |
Preview of the Connected Home Event FInd out what the connected home market is doing in this preview of the connected home event. |
Home Toys
April 2004 |
Home Technology Integration The objective of this article is to provide you with a primer regarding the issues that must be considered when contemplating the installation of a Home Automation System. |
Home Toys
February 2004
Guy Schory |
Smart Homes: The Human Aspect We admire our smart home. It keeps us safe & happy. This has to do with feelings, right? But have you ever wondered why Psychology, Fashion and Feelings are never mentioned when it comes to Home Automation -- is it merely about AC3, CAT5 and X-10? |
Home Toys
February 2004 |
The 'Whole Home Systems' Vision Part 1 - An illustration... Whole Home Systems are technologies that are integrated throughout the home to work together seamlessly and easily for your benefit. |
Home Toys
February 2003
David Teel |
The Music Bone is Connected to the... Before purchasing your whole-house music system, be sure to understand the exact functionality of your system. Decide if music is the only sub-system in your house, or if you might want to integrate other sub-systems in the future (lighting, security, HVAC, video, etc.). |
Home Toys
August 2005
Kurt Scherf |
Putting the Home Network to Work This white paper examines the challenges that face home users of computers, the Internet, and home networks and provides insight into how the industry is addressing the need for improved management, monitoring, and maintenance services and solutions to home users. |
Home Toys
December 2004
Kristine Stewart |
Home Toys Interview The bottom line is that, as an industry, we need to make it much more simple and turn-key for the consumer to adopt and install connected home solutions. |
Home Toys
October 2004
Patrick Donovan |
Networking The Digital Home A number of recent trends around digital media are culminating in what is being called The Digital Home and one of them is the pace of DVR shipments. |
