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Home Toys
December 2005
Rajeev Kapur |
Home Control Networks Are Ready for Prime Time with Smarthome's INSTEON Technology The dream of a personalized home environment that increases comfort, safety, convenience and value is becoming a reality. Home control networks are finally ready for the mass market.   |
PC Magazine
March 2, 2004
Bill Howard |
Master of the House Home automation technology is fun and affordable. Here's how to get started. |
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
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
February 2006
Brett Griffin |
Intermingling X-10 and New Lighting Technologies in Your Home Many X-10 users will want to intermingle few UPB or other RF capable switches at first, migrating their homes over a few years, spreading the cost out. |
PC Magazine
August 17, 2004
Bill Howard |
Geek-Free Home Automation One of life's ironies is that those of us who can dim the living-room lights and switch the stereo to soft jazz at the press of a single button are probably the geeks who can't get a date and take advantage of the romantic atmosphere. |
| This Old House |
Product Innovation: Remote-Controlled Lighting Easy, affordable ways to get whole-house lighting control without rewiring. |
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. |
PC Magazine
January 31, 2007
Jeremy A. Kaplan |
Control Yourself Three homeowners jump into the world of home automation to see if the "wow" factor is really worth the hassle. |
Home Toys
October 2005
Michael Breton |
Automation in the Digital Home A detailed account of the installation of a home automation system for an 8,000 square foot home. |
Home Toys
June 2003 |
Webcomodore: the Ultimate Energy Cost Buster Web services are not only used for entertainment or information technology but also for building/home automation or for energy management. Shovon's Internet-ready Webcomodore product line utilizes the power of the Internet to help users to administer energy spending. |
Home Toys
February 2004 |
Home Technology Integration Lighting control for the custom home |
Home Toys
August 2002
Jack Goldberg |
Simple Interfaces, Part II Close coordination between home automation contractors is a must, and you must be able to 'work well with others'. There is a lot of planning involved, both before the project starts and during the installation. |
PC World
October 25, 2007
Dan Tynan |
Pushing the One-Button Household The automated home of the future is still in the future for most people, but it's a lot closer than it used to be. |
Home Toys
December 2002
David Teel |
Voodoo House: Remote Home Networking Support The demand for home networking continues to push custom integrators beyond the limits of early entertainment applications and into the new generation of residential information technology. |
Home Toys
February 2003
Bob Hetherington |
Omni LT Security and Home Automation System In addition to its security functions, this is a full-blown home automation controller that can make your life a lot easier and more convenient. It will control your powerline lighting and appliance components, thermostats, hard wired devices and more. |
Home Toys
June 2002
Svein Anders Tunheim |
Wireless home automation systems require low-cost and low-power RF-IC solutions The CC1000 transceiver offers an outstanding solution to the most demanding home automation systems which typically require very low power consumption and very low cost. |
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
June 2002
Richard Gensley |
Hi-Tech Hits the Landscaping Scene "Scenes" are the new word in lighting control. Instead of just turning on a light with a switch, home owners are now turning on scenes. In well-thought-out lighting plans, scenes don't stop at the exterior walls. They extend the lighting feel and visual effects right on out to the landscape. |
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
August 2004 |
Home is Where the IQ is! Smart technologies are about to transform how we live and interact with our homes. |
PC Magazine
March 16, 2009
Rist & Griffith |
Home Networking in 5 Easy Steps Building a new home network doesn't have to be tough if you follow our five easy steps. |
Home Toys
June 2002
Andy Jackson |
Approaching Home Automation with Clear Thinking "System Integration" speaks to the need for intelligent cooperation between the electronic systems in your home. It could be a matter as small as controlling different lighting zones by time or circumstance, or it may go so far as interfacing audio/video, security, lighting, HVAC and more. |
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
December 2005
Gregg Cannon |
Media Centers The Central Interface for Home Automation Today, many of the major smart home technology manufactures, like HAI and Home Seer, are developing software plug-ins for Windows Media Center that allow you to access and control their devices (and others) with Media Center. |
This Old House
March 7, 2001
Scott Gibson |
Light Up Your Kitchen Two easy ways to shed light on the hub of your home... |
This Old House
Zachary Gaulkin |
Smart Thermostats The latest energy-saving devices can talk to your power company -- and you |
Home Toys
August 2002
David Teel |
So, Who Designed Your System? If the system designer is not an expert with regards to every aspect of the system, he or she should look for outside design resources, including other system designers, programmers, consultants or even the manufacturers. Making the system work will win you friends and future business. |
Home Theater
April 2003
Larry Houser |
Lighting for Dummies Simple tools to create the ideal lighting environment for your home theater |
Home Toys
December 2002
Roger Stamm |
Lighting Your Way to a More Secure, More Beautiful Home The features and advantages of modern lighting control systems are truly incredible. Technological advancements have given us comprehensive and affordable home lighting controls that can do things Thomas Edison would have never dreamed were possible. |
Home Toys
August 2002
Joe Hlavacek |
Considering Home Automation? Don't overlook your heating and air-conditioning system. Not only is HVAC the one home automation subsystem that can assure your comfort -- it also is the only subsystem that pays for itself. |
This Old House
Melissa & Brian Zagorites |
Lighten Up The right lighting can make your home a more welcoming, comfortable place. |
Home Toys
February 2005 |
CES 2005 Show Report Highlights from this year's International Consumer Electronics Show: Taking Video On The Road... XM2Go... Tame Those Cables... Movies On Your Head... Not Windows Media Center... etc. |
Home Toys
October 2002
Robinson & Teeuwsen |
Next Generation PC-based Home Automation User Interfaces The virtual environment provides many features that the end user can leverage to their advantage including being easy to learn; the ability to model their own environment; and interact with home automation devices. |
The Motley Fool
January 18, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
Home, Smart Home Watch for smart homes to house smart investments. Today's installment of a five-part series that examines technologies that will change our lives centers around opportunities in your home's increasing IQ. |
Home Toys
April 2005
James W. Johnston |
New Technologies Create a Mainstream Market for Residential Control & Automation Systems It appears that an entirely new wave of affordable, mainstream residential control and automation systems will be on the market in 2005. |
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
June 2003
Roger Stamm |
Lighting the way to energy efficiency and cost savings with whole-home lighting controls By their inherent design and very purpose, lighting controls are a way to not only save electricity and related costs, they're a fun, convenient and futuristic way to go about it. |
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 2005
Steven T. Hardt |
Lighting Your Home Theater The lighting design of your home theater can create depth, shape, and elegance. When combined with dimming controls, it can effect how you live within a space and bring out the true beauty of your home theater. |
Home Toys
June 2003
Rick Tinker |
The Cold Sweat and Hot Chills of HVAC Security With the increased reliability of HVAC home automation solutions, you can enjoy the benefits of control, convenience and energy savings in your home. By integrating the security system to the HVAC system, you can greatly simplify the effort of pulling it all together. |
Entrepreneur
November 2007
Amanda C. Kooser |
Meet the Jetsons The high-tech home of the future is in reach today. |
Chemistry World
April 2010 |
LEDs to light up the world White light emitting diodes are set for a bright future in the household and commercial lighting markets. |
National Defense
August 2014
Andy Wakefield |
How to Achieve Success With Electrical Microgrids Microgrids represent a move toward greater energy safety, security and independence for the military, and ultimately, for everyone served by the increasingly stressed power grid. |
