I love the idea of a home automation system that means I never have to leave my couch. But I’m not willing to go through all the hassle of knocking down walls and rewiring every room in my house. The folks at Belkin agree, and have come up with the WeMo home automation system that makes bringing your home into the 23rd century dead easy. More »
Home automation is the ultimate goal for a geeky homeowner, but it’s generally too expensive for most of us to even consider. The Savant Mac-based system is no exception, but it’s impressive in just how seamless it makes controlling your home via an iOS device. More »
Using Kinect to detect where you are in a room so that your home automation can turn off the lights in the parts where you are not makes a lot of sense. Regular motion cameras can do this now, but Kinect can do this better, since it knows what constitutes a “person” and can adjust accordingly so you’re not sitting in the dark for no good reason. More »
Every tech freak, rich man and lazy boy wants to be able to control their house like a Bond nemesis controls his volcano. But… where do you start? Right. Here. More »
Crestron is one of the biggest names behind home automation. They’ve already released an iPhone app, allowing you to control your “AV systems, lighting, shades, room temperatures and more” from your phone. Now that app is coming to the iPad. More »
