Chatting with Joe got me started
by on Nov.20, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
I recently saw a house on that house makeover show which literally caused me to beg my wife – It was crazy automatic sprinklers and performed a so-so job of the implementation. It seemed like every door could be controlled and even things like the dishwasher plus the arcade room were fully integrated.
My passion has been X10 for a while now but thinking about systems like this, it was wicked and I’m still in shock.
Sometimes I dream of letting the superhome that we live in (slight exageration) do neat stuff along the lines of adjusting the temperature for each room or checking our grocery list for items we’re missing. I’ll admit some stuff is a ways from now (it should be noted that some houses have made it work) but items such as lighting control which respond to your moods should be locally available and affordable now. Now it’s just up to me to persuade the wife...... at which point she can focus her energy on the link that got me started on all this: Z-Wave home automation
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