Talking to Frank triggered something !
by on Apr.02, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
There was a killer house on the news which probably made my jaw drop – They were using speech recognition and had done a pretty decent job of the implementation. Every ceiling fan knew what to do and I didn’t see this coming but the car starters plus the robot vacuum were accessible from the controllers everywhere.
We’ve used Zwave for ages but I hadn’t even dreamed about a dream house like this, it was amazing and I want everything I saw now.
I’ve thought about making my place do fancy tasks such as announcing caller ID anywhere in the house or voice alerting us to someone at the door. Some of this stuff is still pretty far from now (despite the fact that some average people have done it) but stuff for example lighting control which respond to your moods are well within reach and reasonably priced this year. This week I’m going to win over the lady writing the cheques... at which point she can focus her energy on the place that helped me learn about this stuff: Insteon iPhone
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