Archive for January 4th, 2010
My call with Quinn made it so I couldn’t sleep .
by on Jan.04, 2010, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Last night was a wicked place on the discovery channel which seriously made me want to copy it – They were using motorized drapes and did a really fantastic job making it all work. Nearly every light and fan had a remote control and even silly things like the bath tubs plus the bathroom plasmas were part of the system.
I had been curious about lighting control for forever but I’d never seen a dream house like this, it was wicked and truly remarkable.
I often day dream of making our condo do fancy tasks like announcing caller ID anywhere in the house or displaying the news in the bathroom mirror. Some of these things are still several years in terms of general accessibility (although there are people that are in the process of it) nonetheless stuff for instance environment modes for parties or relaxing should be locally available and affordable today. When I get home I will plead my case to my financial advisor- after which she can blame the page that got me started on all this: Zwave vs Insteon
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SUZUKI GSXR 1000 GSX1000R GSXR1000 LIGHT HURN SIGNAL CONTROL SWITCH 03 04 |  |
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US $34.99 | 1h 4m |
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Lexus Toyota pair Xenon D4S D4R Light Control Ballast 85976 24011 igniter | |
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US $99.95 | 1h 22m |
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Lexus Toyota Xenon D4S D4R Light Control Ballast 85976 0E010 igniter | |
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US $44.95 | 1h 23m |
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Electric Switch On Off Timer Control for Hydroponics HPS MH Grow Light System | |
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US $18.90 | 2h 4m |
I want nothing more than remote controlled curtains
by on Jan.04, 2010, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
As with all items associated with domotics I really like any recent devices created from companies like SmartLabs and Power Control Systems.
What’s interesting is that the latest items created are not really as big a deal as they claim in that these things had been accomplished before working with other standard devices but for beginners they are available as a clean little package. As a side benefit you won’t need an electrical engineering degree to figure it out.
A few comparisons show us many likenesses among the various technologies. For instance, none of the product lineups use cordless products as RF boosters, and it seems like all use RF as a backup. Beyond this though, it becomes more complicated – I could attempt to outline it at this point and make a bunch of errors, there’s a site here Home automation iPhone is better at talking about the differentiators.
Now if you have any visions regarding methods to make some funds to make up for my new habit, please let me know!
