Items Tagged With remotes

This morning I was primed to settle down to a normal day's work when Chaos on the UK Home Automation IRC Channel mentioned something about "B&Qs HomeEasy automation stuff", and that pretty much put paid to the rest of the morning. We turfed up the website but there was precious little information on there besides the usual marketing guff. So, time for an in-depth review for Automated Home.  Is this the successor to X10 I've been looking for?  Read on to find out and check out the rest of the photos and the video...

It's January, and we thank the gadget god for the CES show!  Here's the skinny on the new Logitech Harmony One  Universal Remote with Colour Touch Screen.  Watch the video after the jump...

Lagotek will present its “HIP1 Modes” Sideshow home control gadget working on iPhone and iPod touch at the up-coming CES 2008... "The ability to run Vista Sideshow gadgets on Apple’s legendary devices to control the home was made possible by Lagotek Corporation and Ikanos Consulting Ltd. working together to merge cutting edge Vista Sideshow technologies with Apple’s famous devices for home automation use...

I love the idea of Sonos but for me the price is prohibitive.  Being almost entirely a Mac household I've used an airport express for a few months now and with the release of the Ipod touch and the discovery of Remote Buddy seeds of a solution were planted.  Read on to find out how I put these items together to create my own budget priced whole house audio solution...

The Ricavision VAVE100 is a new $300 Windows Media centre remote that's due in early 2008.  Of particular interest to home automators will be the Vista SideShow "Gadget" capability of this remote, potentially allowing Smart Home information to be fed back to the device and appear in your hand.  With a 2.4" QVGA screen this is a backlit remote too and features bluetooth...