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Cellphone WAP-controlled DIY home automation project

, Dec 23rd 2008 Discuss [0]

Last month's remote control power outlet piggybacked onto a Linksys NSLU2; this month, we're still all about remotely triggering power from a web browser or cellphone with WAP browser, but the system is built from scratch.  Josh Harle started with a PIC16F84, a cheap programmable chip, which links up to an always-on home server that has a custom Java app doling out commands to eight different AC switches. Read The Full Story

Nokia Home Control Center demo: automated potential

, Dec 2nd 2008 Discuss [0]

Nokia's Home Control Center was among the gadgets making an appearance at the company's Barcelona expo today, and Electricpig caught a little in-person time with the setup.  Ostensibly a WiFi draft-n router, the Home Control Center box itself is actually a Z-Wave transmitter too, with 6GB of internal storage and intelligence to monitor temperature and other sensors and control heating and lighting accordingly. Read The Full Story

Nokia Home Control Center wireless smart-home system announced

, Nov 28th 2008 Discuss [0]

Nokia has unveiled a cellphone-controlled "smart home" platform that will use Z-Wave and ZigBee enabled devices and a specially adapted WiFi draft-n gateway.  Nokia Home Control Center is being described as an "open platform" combining sensors, CCTV, wireless networks and mobile devices, usable both inside the home as well as remotely via any device with a web browser.  The first products will concentrate on home heating management. Read The Full Story

HomeSeer HomeTroller automation system version 2 launched

, Jul 11th 2008 Discuss [0]

With a name like HomeTroller I half expected HomeSeer's new gadget to leave attention-seeking and argumentative messages daubed on your interior walls, but in actual fact it's their second-generation plug and play home automation and monitoring system.  Basically HomeSeer's software packed into a fanless box, it can hook up to multiple wired and wireless setups including lighting and security. Read The Full Story

Draper Fine Art for Flatscreens motorized LCD screen covers

, Jun 11th 2008 Discuss [0]

I love a bit of motorized home automation, and I know a lot of SlashGear readers feel the same way, so if your tastes lean to the traditional (and by traditional I'm talking reproduction tapestries) then Draper's Fine Art for Flatscreens might suit.  Part of the company's 'Conceal Reveal' range of remote-control screen covers, Draper has got together with Fine Art Tapestries - who are apparently "the largest tapestry weaver in the world", and who am I to argue - to offer forty different classic and not-so-classic reproductions to hide your flatscreen TV with. Read The Full Story

Stealth 24-inch ruggedized LCD touchscreen

, May 27th 2008 Discuss [0]

Anyone who has ever tried to demonstrate a touchscreen likely knows the anxiety of seeing a novice user jab brutally at the display.  Bad enough when it's your precious Tablet PC; potentially even more expensive if it's your home automation interface.  So it's good to see Stealth Computer's new SV-2400 ruggedized touchscreen; intended, really, for industrial applications, the 24-inch widescreen would nonetheless make for a great combo control panel and display for any user with forceful fingers. Read The Full Story

Panasonic Strada F-Class satnav with remote home automation

, May 21st 2008 Discuss [2]

Panasonic's latest Strada F-Class car navigation systems are yet another reason to lament not living in Japan.  The CN-HX1000D and CN-HW1000D borrow the VIERA label from the company's premium LCD TVs, though scaled down to just 7-inches, and throw in a DVD player, GPS, hard-drive, iPod link, Bluetooth and a 1-Seg digital TV tuner.  Most impressive, though, is Panasonic's "From Home to Car" system: that uses a Bluetooth cellphone to link up with a networked home. Read The Full Story

VidaBox TOUCHPANEL12 home automation control with magnetic mount

, May 16th 2008 Discuss [0]

Home automation and media specialists VidaBox have released their latest touchscreen controller, a wall-mounted 12.1-inch display that runs Windows XP embedded and boasts a unique mounting design. The TOUCHCLIENT12 package consists of a "roughbox" that is fixed into the wall and the computer itself, which requires only two connections - 12V power and ethernet - and magnetically clips into the mount. Once installed, the system can either be used as part of a whole-house media and automation setup, using a centralised server, or can act as a standalone device running any software compatible with XP embedded. Read The Full Story

Control4 HC-500 Controller – Affordable Linux-Based Home Automation

, Mar 28th 2008 Discuss [1]

Nowadays, Linux has been used for so many gadgets and computing appliances - some of those who use them does not even know Linux powers it. While Linux is not the bona-fide desktop OS in term of market share, it is a very powerful operating system that many average Joe still afraid of giving it a try. Control4 is one of the companies that take advantage of Linux for its flexibility and low cost. Recently Control4 introduced a new home automation controller, the Linux based HC-500. Read The Full Story
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