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A few guys on our forums have been working on using the O2 Joggler as a home automation controller.  With some hacking they've put together a system that enables the Joggler to send and receive xAP packets, potentially allowing it to control almost any smart home system whilst showing live updates of say caller ID, temperature, light status etc on its display...

Naim are famous for their high-end music servers boasting music playback with bit-for-bit accuracy.  Their NaimNet system also offers home automators control of lights, AV, screens and blinds, heating, and security.  All Ethernet connected, using a standard domestic PC network.  It's not surprising then that Naim have joined the ever increasing band of companies identifying the iPad as a their smart home controller....

Savant are building a reputation with their ROSIE system which offers control, automation and entertainment around the home.  A company building home automation products on the Apple platform, it's no big surprise they (like many others) have already lept on the iPad to utilise its smart home potential.  They've just released two new iPad docks, one a desktop unit, the other for mounting the tablet on the wall.  Full details in the PR after the jump...

We've been contacted by Automated Home reader (Mr Flibble) on his interesting step-by-step guide on building a custom iPad web app for the X10 CM15 Pro on Mac OSX.  Even more interestingly he plans to release an open source version soon....

In the second of our new "My Automated Home" series, Richard Farthing takes us on a tour of his Green Open Source House.  On a budget of less than £600 the Linux setup looks after property whilst keeping an eye on the carbon footprint too.  Read on for the free software recommendations, the Joggler photos, tips, the what he'd do differently next time and the what's coming next...