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Plex + Indigo + Harmony Remote = Home Automation Bliss      Why do it?  About a year ago, I decided to take the home automation plunge and sought out ways to automate my home's lighting, entertainment and HVAC systems.  After doing a good deal of research, I concluded that the most cost-effective and flexible solution would be to utilitze Perceptive Automationís Indigo software and Smarthome's Insteon modules for the lighting and HVAC. 

Once I installed all the Insteon devices (which also included a garage door opener), I installed the Indigo software on an iMac in my study, connected the iMac to the Insteon adapter which plugs into the wall and my home automation dreams were off and running...

The UBL-MMR from Mk1 Studio is a 19 inch rackMount Shelf for your Mac mini server.  Automated Home reader Ben McCormack reviews the hardware and shows us more photos of his home automation rack project...

We just spotted this video taken late last year on the Home Depot Smart Home, a live-in research laboratory operated by Duke's Pratt School of Engineering.

There's been lots of interest in the e-Home Automation smart house we featured from from last weeks Gadget Show.  We asked e-Home to give us some details of the systems employed in the project and they've kindly submitted a case study of their install.  Read on for all the behind the scenes info and photos on this £25,000 system...

Brilliant Living is one of the UKs premier Integrators and we've featured them before on Automated Home (from the SmartHome Shows of 2007 and 2008).  Run by husband and wife team - Iain and Melanie Shaw - Brilliant Living has just been featured in Business Link Yorkshire and because of that we get a chance to see around the high end headquarters of their custom installation business, complete with AMX touchscreen setup...