I am currently doing a final year design project on home automation and am trying to understand the benefits within the automation of products.
I have realised the costs that occur within setting up a system but how this can be quickly erradicated as turning off unnecessary lights and not leaving TV's on standby and the money saved on doing this will soon cover the initial startup costs. However I need some help in why everyone doesn't use home automation, why you are choosing or have chosen to use an X10 module or other, how easy is it to control, do you have to turn a computer on just to turn a light off, or use a remote control, what would make you turn something off and what do you use automation to do.
Hopefully some people will be able to help me as I am in the research stage and am struggling to hold any form of focus groups as most people I have spoken to find that the home automation is scary and too dificult for them to setup, a point that I think anyone that uses it will strongly disagree.
I look forward to a response and any issues you think are important.
Rob Grandison
Product Design
Leeds University
I have realised the costs that occur within setting up a system but how this can be quickly erradicated as turning off unnecessary lights and not leaving TV's on standby and the money saved on doing this will soon cover the initial startup costs. However I need some help in why everyone doesn't use home automation, why you are choosing or have chosen to use an X10 module or other, how easy is it to control, do you have to turn a computer on just to turn a light off, or use a remote control, what would make you turn something off and what do you use automation to do.
Hopefully some people will be able to help me as I am in the research stage and am struggling to hold any form of focus groups as most people I have spoken to find that the home automation is scary and too dificult for them to setup, a point that I think anyone that uses it will strongly disagree.
I look forward to a response and any issues you think are important.
Rob Grandison
Product Design
Leeds University
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