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Useful Gadget of the Week - Car USB Adaptor PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 03 May 2010
Car Micro DC to USB Adaptor
 
Not so much 'home automation' this time as automotive tech, but useful all the same.  We recently went on a weeks holiday and with the plethora of electronics that often need charged in the car we looked round for a solution.  There are plenty of ugly in-car USB chargers out there but the 'Micro DC to USB Adaptor' is a stylish little beggar.  Best of all it's currently on special offer for just £5.99...
 



 
Comfort Technology Brings Lifetime Homes, Assistive Living PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 30 April 2010

 Comfort Assistive Living - Door Camera

Much of our digital lifestyle is about convenience and entertainment, but there's a more serious role for Home Automation technologies too.  Life expectancy continues to climb and older people can start to become less independent.  Enter Comfort from Cytech, a comprehensive home security and domotics system that can be employed to help keep seniors safe in their homes for longer...

 
Plex Adds Hardware Accelerated H.264 Decoding PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 28 April 2010

Hardware Accelerated H.264 Decoding on Plex

While the Plex dev team works hard on the v9 release, they've just managed to integrate the Apple Video Decode Acceleration Framework Reference into v8.  At last the GPU is being employed to decode those lovely 720P and 1080P H.264 videos (kudos Ryan).  Dev team leader Elan Feingold just posted the news on the Plex blog along with a link to the new binary...

 
Squeezebox Touch - Automated Home Readers Offer PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 21 April 2010

 Logitech Squeezebox Touch

Our friends over at AV Jungle have just sent us a new Automated Home readers offer.  As they unpack the newly arrived Squeezebox Touch consignment they've given us a discount code for the new unit...

 
iPad Home Automation App Videos PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 12 April 2010

So the iPad has been available in the US for around a week now.  We're still waiting for a firm date (and price) here in the UK and to add to the teasing photos from our friends in America, here are a couple of new Home Automation iPad App videos...

 

 

 
Philips Launch Dynalite in the USA PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 01 April 2010

Dynalite Relay Controller

Philips have launched their smart home lighting brand, Dynalite, in the United States.  The range includes trailing edge dimmers, relays, ballast (1-10V, DSI, DALI), and multipurpose controllers with multipurpose sensors for presence detection and daylight harvesting, user control panels and touch screens, plus network gateways, bridges and other modules that permit integration of third-party systems such as HVAC, security, AV, blinds and building management systems.  Read on for the full PR...

 
OpenRemote BOSS v2.0 on Video PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 27 March 2010

We've been following the OpenRemote project for a few years now.  Here's a new video from the team showing the improved UI for their BOSS v2.0 (Building Operating System Standard) software that lets you use iPhone and iPod Touch to remotely control devices, lights and audio/video systems around your home...

 
Automated Home Readers Offer from AV Jungle PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010

AV Jungle

New website www.avjungle.co.uk has just launched bringing home automators favourites like lighting control, HDMI over CAT5 and the Squeezebox and Sonos ranges.  To celebrate the opening they are offering a 5% discount for all Automated Home readers during March and April - just enter 'Automated Home' at the checkout...

 
Project Natal Preview - Home Automation Implications? PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
The Gadget Show's Jason Bradbury recently attended the Microsoft hosted preview of Project Natal - the next gen gaming interface for the XBox. Watching Jason's first impressions, especially the section on walking into your lounge, being recognised and using voice control, definitely have us thinking of the Home Automation possibilities around the technology.

So after xbmc will the next reason to hack your XBox be to control your entire home?  Will Natal live up to the hype, or will it just be another cute gaming interface building on what the Wii started.  Let us know what you think in the comments below...

 

 
Crestron iPad App PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 23 February 2010

Crestron iPad Touchscreen App

Crestron have announced their 'Crestron Mobile' and 'Crestron Mobile Pro' apps are now ready for the iPad.  The new versions will be available to run on the iPhone and iPod touch as before, with the addition of the ability to run at the iPads native resolution...

 
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