HomeToys
Home Technology Emagazine

August 2006 Issue

 

featuring:

Media Servers, Integrator Procedures, M2M, IP Networks, How To's and more

 

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Features: 

Media Servers in the Digital Home - A Parks Associates White Paper. Kurt Scherf.

Integration Procedures Part 2 - Cable Testing - By George Wilkinson

Connected Home Roadmap - The Roadmap finds that not all consumers adopt or relate to technology in the same way. Gerry Meade

Managing a M2M Project - communication between different machines and between machines and people. Stefan Gonnet

HDTV and the Antenna Revolution - As long as picture quality and price remain important to consumers, the antenna will be an important vehicle for high definition television signals. Richard Schneider

Digital Home Health-A Primer - A Parks Associates White Paper.
Harry Wang

From Old Cars to High-speed Home Networks - AC powerline and coax cable both networking together is what Intellon Corporation calls a hybrid network. Mark E. Hazen

How to Choose a Home Automation System - a step-by-step guide for the do-it-yourself-er by Mark Colegrove

Smart Home Security - Smart home system owners are advised to request a level of service in which security issues are all adequately addressed. Maxim Kostyukov

Beyond the Battlefield - SSD's - the NAND flash market can hit $16.2 billion in terms of revenues for 2006, up 42 percent over 2005. Joanne De Peralta

Cooling the mid-size enclosure - The best solutions result in cool room air entering an enclosure at the bottom front, and heated air leaving at the top rear. Frank Federman

New Breed of Multi-room Audio Systems - Enhance your lifestyle, increase your property value and enjoy all of your new digital music sources from anywhere in your home. Frank Sterns

Building Business with E-mail News - work with an agency specializing in interactive media to create and distribute a dynamic e-mail newsletter. EVOK Advertising

InfoComm 2006 Recap - InfoComm is the show dealers turn to when looking for technology solutions to their application needs. Len Calderone

Hot Projector News From Infocomm - It's nice to finally see a few bright widescreen projectors that are better suited for brighter rooms. Art Feierman

Integrated Systems Europe 2006 - breaks through the 10,000 attendance barrier.

SmarterWohnenNRW (Smarter Living) - Prize-winning project presented for the first time at e/home 2006

The Art of Home Theater - high-performance acoustic paneling, available in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Cinema Design Group

Control of Electric Radiators - PULSSI is based on WPC, the technology patented by WATTECO for a bidirectional power line communication.

Editorials and Sponsored Articles:

Editorial Comments - Bob Hetherington walks you through this issue with recommended reading for all interests.

The Digital Network's Final Frontier - Imagine a true digital home where an Ethernet backbone carries all kinds of content and control information. Herman Cárdenas

DVD Insider #60 - The Hollow Man Cometh

DVD Insider # 61 - Mobile TV…Jerry Maguire's Next Big Player

DVD Insider # 62 - The Million Dollar Baby

More Features:

Micro Thermoelectric Generator Targets ZigBee - to provide energy harvesting for low-power applications where other technologies would prove inadequate or not possible. Marc Poulshock

Measure Salt Level in Your Water Softener - Using an Ultrasonic sensor so there is nothing touching the salt and no strings or devices that need to be reset/recoiled when filling the softener. CocoonTech

Share Home Videos with the World - Remember, the more complicated your movie, the more difficult it will be to maintain quality of the streaming video when you compress it for the Internet. Mark Shapiro

Classic HomeToys #5 - DIVX - DIVX (an acronym for Digital Video Express) was a rental format variation on the DVD player. James Russo

Review:

InterVideo MediaOne Gallery - 9-in-1 Digital Media Software Suite By: G.A. "Andy" Marken

Alternative Energy Emagazine - EarthToys
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Projects:

Systems for Small Spaces - Bob Hetherington tests a system for condo and apartment dwellers. Part 7 of the Home Technology Demonstration Project.

Video Library:

Steve Greenberg explains how things work. - Video clips about Home Technology Products

Nostalgia:
The Original October 1996 Issue

News:
Press Releases from around the industry. There's a lot going on out there to learn about.

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Links, Software, Tips & Tricks, Articles, Reviews and more.

Learning Center - A guided tour to help you learn about Home Technologies including Automation, Entertainment and Networking. 

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