Archive for August 5th, 2009
My conversation with Ted got me started …..
by on Aug.05, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Two weeks ago this mansion on holmes on homes which almost caused me to beg my wife – It was crazy motorized drapes and performed a seriously outstanding job setting things up. It seemed like every light knew what to do and even things like the litter boxes and gazebo roof were accessible from the many panels in the house.
I’ve been a fan of Zigbee for a long time but I hadn’t even dreamed about a dream house like this, it was crazy and truly remarkable.
I always talk about letting the house do cool things along the lines of turning on the shower in the morning or voice alerting us to someone at the door. Some of this stuff is still pretty far in terms of general accessibility (although some average people could do it) despite this things for example lighting and music at the touch of a button should be locally available and inexpensive today. One more thing to do: sway the lady writing the cheques...... following which she can hold responsible the place that got me started on all this: Insteon review
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XBee PRO S2 Whip Antenna from Digi Zigbee RF Module |  |
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US $27.50 | 13d 17h 19m |
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MC1321x IEEE 802154 ZigBee RF4CE Wireless Communications Development Kit | |
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US $399.00 | 8h 7m |
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BASYS Controls Superstat Communicating 365 Day Programmable Thermostat Zigbee | |
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US $155.55 | 10h 57m |
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XBee USB Development board Zigbee Sensor Remote USART converter | |
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US $22.99 | 15h 3m |
Some days, I can’t stand traffic on the way in!
by on Aug.05, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Many days I like my day job, but there are times when the travel to work is all that’s needed to convince me to retire early. One in three are lousy motorists coupled with not enough thoughts to driving. As if that wasn’t enough, I then hit the stupid coffee just as I pulled in to the parkade...
There's always tomorrow.
