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OK, so we're a few hours early for Friday Fun, but we just couldn't resist showing you this one right away! Long-time friends of Automated Home, Paul & Wendy Gordon have just completed an overhaul of their "Disco Loo".  We covered the start of the project back in 2004, but you just have to marvel at the MKII version.  Watch the video below and try not to smile as "that button" is pressed for the first time...

Here's a bit of weekend fun.  This clip from "The Big Bang" on the exciting world of X10 answers the question very honestly on why we do a lot of this stuff :)

Here at Automated Home we like convergence. We've seen our mobile phones and PDAs merge into one device, our computer are now our televisions too and now the humble bottle opener integrates into the remote...

Perhaps the ultimate in home automation - your own BeerBot to pour you a cold glass when you arrive home after a hard day!  "Here's a match made in heaven: beer and robots. For most of the world, it's a match we are left to simply dream of (you know, slave bots bringing you a cold one, instead of the usual "Get it yourself!") If you live in Japan however, you should know that Asahi is running a promotion where they'll be giving away 5,000 fully stocked refrigerator robots. What do these lovely creatures do...