Automated Home

Much has been written about Sky+ and TiVo with it degenerating into a “mine’s bigger/better than yours” type affair a lot of the time so, in the interests of science I set out to find out which one was the best with some surprisingly unsurprising results, to me at least. Both boxes used are first [...]

From the HomeVision mailing list… HomeVision users,- We are developing software to allow the color touchscreens made by CorAccess to control HomeVision. Our web page has details and example screens. You can download the HomeVision “movie” (which is a file that controls what the touchscreen displays) and run it in your web browser to see [...]

Submission by Ian Johnson**UPDATE** A single day rate is now available - £545 + vat for 1 day at the event. Hi Mark. I have arranged the discount for ukha members! It is £200 off the price of the ticket. Here is some additional information on the event for you. ’The Connected Home’; Event Preview, The CBI Conference Centre, London, 24 [...]

Submission by Kevin Hawkins – OK – another update. This is of the Rabbit development system with the following piggyback boards installed – a Rabbit 3200 core attached lower left corner, plus the C Bus SIM upper centre (blue board) and a 4 line graphic lcd display with keypad and LED’s. The power supply connector [...]

Submission by Stella Plumbridge : HiddenWires is a new resource for those planning, designing, installing and using high-end home entertainment and automation. As well as a Product and Services Directory, it includes articles and whitepapers, case studies, product and industry news, and an events and training calendar.  Visitors can also sign up to the free [...]

Submission by Mario Cascio – Control your music from any networked computer in the home. Add or remove tracks from your playlist using our easy-to-use interface that even children can learn. MusicLobby was designed with touchscreens, wireless tablets and televisions in mind. The large buttons and clean, crisp, clear fonts make navigation usable from a [...]

Submission by Simon Colebrooke Hertfordshire based company Vispec have now added a home networking page to their website. This is due to the huge interest in home automation from multiple and private builders in the area. Vispec have over 16 years experience in the commercial telecommunications field, and are currently carrying out home infrastructure cabling [...]

Amazon are offering this amazing deal. A Toshiba mult-region DVD player for £79.99 – free delivery! Features This DVD player has been modified to provide multi-region playback To playback Region 1 discs will require an NTSC capable Television AC3 Decoder Dolby Digital/DTS compatible DVD/CD/VCD/SVCD Playback MP3/WMA Audio Playback DVD-R/CD-R/CD-RW Compatible Digital Photo Viewer (JPEG) Digital [...]

RemoteCentral.com have a new remote review now on-line - ”Today I’m pleased to present a full review of the Proton iRemote iR800 universal remote control. Although this may be the first remote we’ve seen from Proton, some things are bound to be familiar as Proton has contracted with the Taiwanese company Sunwave, who makes the Crisp [...]

After extensive research and development, a multi million pound budget and exhaustive “road” testing, I can finally announce the availability of the UKs first Automated Pants!….. BOXERS You have got your Lucky Pants, now buy your Automated pants! Specially designed to aid sitting in a sofa using a remote control T-SHIRT Wear the unique AUTOMATED [...]