Archive for August 20th, 2009
My conversation with Ted triggered something …..
by on Aug.20, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Two weeks ago a sweet house on the news which probably made me want to copy it – They had used touchscreen controls and did a so-so job making it all work. Every ceiling fan was centrally controlled and even silly things like the showers plus the bathroom plasmas were talking to each other.
I’ve been a fan of Zigbee for years but I had never seen automation of this level, it was amazing and I want everything I saw now.
Sometimes I dream of having the house do neat stuff such as following me with music through the house or announcing the weather for the day in the morning. Some of these things are still pretty far in the future (although some groups have done it) still some more pragmatic goals for instance environment modes for different moods or events are well within reach and economical today. Now it’s just up to me to win over the lady writing the cheques... following which she can blame the place which made me interested in the first place: Insteon thermostat
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XBee PRO S2 Whip Antenna from Digi Zigbee RF Module |  |
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BASYS Controls Superstat Communicating 365 Day Programmable Thermostat Zigbee | |
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XBee USB Development board Zigbee Sensor Remote USART converter | |
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Every once in a while, I friggin hate traffic on my drive in!
by on Aug.20, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
There are times I don’t mind working for the man, but once in a while the traffic by itself is reason enough to drive me to move far away. Just so many poor people driving with secondary concerns of concentration to the thing in front of them. Adding to this, I then knocked over the stupid coffee driving into the garage...
Think happy thoughts.
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