2011 sees Automated Home reach the ripe old age of 15.  To celebrate our quindecennium (yes, really) we've asked some friends of the site to look back and give us their home automation highlights from the past decade-and-a-half.  For an even greater challenge we then asked them to look ahead to what advances the next 15 years will bring to digital domesticity.  In the eighth of our special series, Dr Karam Karam looks back on the lofty goal of turning a house into a 'living organism' whilst hoping intelligence plays more of a role in future systems....  

2011 sees Automated Home reach the ripe old age of 15.  To celebrate our quindecennium (yes, really) we've asked some friends of the site to look back and give us their home automation highlights from the past decade-and-a-half.  For an even greater challenge we then asked them to look ahead to what advances the next 15 years will bring to digital domesticity. This time Ant Skelton takes a sideways glance at the past (in his usual entertaining style) whilst yearning for a replacement for a 30 year old friend...

2011 sees Automated Home reach the ripe old age of 15.  To celebrate our quindecennium (yes, really) we've asked some friends of the site to look back and give us their home automation highlights from the past decade-and-a-half.  For an even greater challenge we then asked them to look ahead to what advances the next 15 years will bring to digital domesticity.  In the sixth of our special series, world famous podcaster Don McAllister takes on the challenge of surveying the smart home landscape...

2011 sees Automated Home reach the ripe old age of 15.  To celebrate our quindecennium (yes, really) we've asked some friends of the site to look back and give us their home automation highlights from the past decade-and-a-half.  For an even greater challenge we then asked them to look ahead to what advances the next 15 years will bring to digital domesticity. This time Dave Bell, CEO of Vesternet, looks at the question many of you want answered.  What is the 21st century suceesor to X10 going to be?

Here's a quick video tour from a Savant powered custom smart home. The Apple Mac based systems on show include iPad gesture control, automated electric blinds and shades, powered TV lifts and lighting control.  There's even a morning wake up routine that includes all of the above with music and the news headlines read to you in the bathroom!

2011 sees Automated Home reach the ripe old age of 15.  To celebrate our quindecennium (yes, really) we've asked some friends of the site to look back and give us their home automation highlights from the past decade-and-a-half.  For an even greater challenge we then asked them to look ahead to what advances the next 15 years will bring to digital domesticity.  This time, Ian Lowe from the xPL project strains his neck to look back and forward...

2011 sees Automated Home reach the ripe old age of 15.  To celebrate our quindecennium (yes, really) we've asked some friends of the site to look back and give us their home automation highlights from the past decade-and-a-half.  For an even greater challenge we then asked them to look ahead to what advances the next 15 years will bring to digital domesticity.  In the third of our special series, Automated Home 'Old Boy' Mark Harrison shares his opinions on how we got here - and his view of what the future hold for us all may surprise you...

Steve Jobs and his crew are on stage for the WWDC keynote in California.   They are announcing more information on OSX Lion plus introducing iOS5 and the the iCloud ecosystem.  Read on for our cheat sheet with all the new feature details you need at a glance... 

2011 sees Automated Home reach the ripe old age of 15.  To celebrate our quindecennium (yes, really) we've asked some friends of the site to look back and give us their home automation highlights from the past decade-and-a-half.  For an even greater challenge we then asked them to look ahead to what advances the next 15 years will bring to digital domesticity.  The second of our special features comes from Johannes Rietschel, the CEO of Barix, a company we have featured many times over the years....

2011 sees Automated Home reach the ripe old age of 15.  To celebrate our quindecennium (yes, really) we've asked some friends of the site to look back and give us their home automation highlights from the past decade-and-a-half.  For an even greater challenge we then asked them to look ahead to what advances the next 15 years will bring to digital domesticity. Chiu from Automated Home's favourite security system, the CyTech Comfort, gets the ball rolling in the first of our series of specials...