HB&R magazine, just out, featured an article by Mark (Brinkley) advising against HA ...
SWMBO here read it & got very incensed - she even started writing to them to dispute a lot of what he said ...
many cars are reliably automated these days, in many many ways, so why not houses, too ...
so - good to know, 'though our system is still being installed & is perhaps less than half set-up, it's already doing some things more than a little right !
mostly, at the moment, that's the lights - fully automated with no reversion, and working well ...
no reversion, so no switches to-hand when we enter a room - but there is provision for intervention, and so buttons near where people will be when living in the room, to adjust levels & distribution to match non-standard moods & particular task demands ...
indeed, it's working so well, as we move about the house, day & night, we both get a little irritated when we visit places, with hands-full or whatever, that still operate traditionally ...
heating & security are alright, too, but there's work still to do, so we're not really seeing the full benefits, yet ...
SWMBO here read it & got very incensed - she even started writing to them to dispute a lot of what he said ...
many cars are reliably automated these days, in many many ways, so why not houses, too ...
so - good to know, 'though our system is still being installed & is perhaps less than half set-up, it's already doing some things more than a little right !
mostly, at the moment, that's the lights - fully automated with no reversion, and working well ...
no reversion, so no switches to-hand when we enter a room - but there is provision for intervention, and so buttons near where people will be when living in the room, to adjust levels & distribution to match non-standard moods & particular task demands ...
indeed, it's working so well, as we move about the house, day & night, we both get a little irritated when we visit places, with hands-full or whatever, that still operate traditionally ...
heating & security are alright, too, but there's work still to do, so we're not really seeing the full benefits, yet ...
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