SMART HOME
Smart Lighting for a Smart Budget
Until recently, the high price point of traditional whole home automation systems was a major barrier to many homeowners looking to get into the...
Adam Stone
59 articles
LIGHTING AND AUTOMATION SYSTEMS
How to Use Apple’s Siri to Activate Your Philips Hue Lights
Home automation is all about convenience; the easier it is to execute a task, the better. This has been something of a conundrum for smart lighting...
LIGHTING AND AUTOMATION SYSTEMS
The Power of Smart Lighting – The Best and Brightest Wireless Bulbs
The concept of home automation is a sum of many parts, but as far as the intersection between consumers and creators is concerned, “smart” lighting...
MOBILE
On Controls – Automation in the Cloud
Tell us about iRule, what do you do and how did you get started. As a hobby, I loved my home theater and when I wanted to upgrade my control system I...
HOMETOYS
CABA’s Connected Consumer Roadmap Study
The Continental Automated Buildings Association, through its Connected Home Council and Research Program, has begun to undertake a new, collaborative...
HOMETOYS
Pairing Access Control and Video
Linear will be exhibiting at ISC West 2014 this year. Tell us why you like this show and what some of your goals are for this year’s show? ISC West...
HOMETOYS
ZigBee And The Smart Home
ZigBee is the mature internationally recognized wireless connectivity and networking industry standard to connect sentrollers – sensors, controllers...
HOMETOYS
iPhone Control of your Home Systems
Where did the idea for iRule come from? The idea for iRule came when I wanted to upgrade my control system due to constant upgrades. The costs of the...
VIDEO
Pure Theatre Projector Lift
If Carlsberg did Home Cinema it would probably be Pure Theatre… I am a home Cinema and AV enthusiast as well as a custom installer. This is my review...
HOMETOYS
Defining Audio Fidelity
Every audiophile and home theater owner understands how video quality is defined using parameters such as aspect ratio, resolution, black level...
HOMETOYS
Laser Phosphor Displays
“The Future of Visual Marketing Rests with Laser Phosphor Displays” How did the idea for LPD (Laser Phosphor Displays) come about? When I was younger...
HOMETOYS
IAV Light Speaker
What is LightSpeaker? LightSpeaker is a basic self contained wireless audio and lighting control system. First and foremost the LightSpeaker is a...
HOMETOYS
Control Protocol Design: A Guide for Controllable Hardware Manufacturers
Prerequisites To gain a full understanding of the concepts in this document, you should have a grasp of the following topics, though any reasonably...
VIDEO
Interview: Outdoor Entertainment Systems
Where is the outdoor A/V entertainment market headed? The outdoor A/V market is definitely growing in 2011. We have already started to see an...
HOMETOYS
Waterproof Television
1.What is the Hydra Waterproof Television? Hydra is Seura’s newest innovation. Designed for wet environments such as the bathroom or kitchen, Hydra...
HOMETOYS
Consumer Video Security
Historically, video surveillance was a form of security reserved for big business. Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) was sophisticated and expensive...
MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
Healthcare Automation
Tell us about Promixis Promixis, LLC was started in 2004, back then we started selling Girder and NetRemote. Girder is a Windows and home automation...
HOMETOYS
Hometoys Interview – 3DTV Technology
What are the current various 3DTV technologies? The two main consumer 3D technologies today are passive polarized and active shutter. Passive...
HOMETOYS
Hometoys Interview – Crestron’s Vision for 2010
Digital HD content presents new challenges for home owners and integrators. What new technology will Crestron offer to improve the user experience?...
HOMETOYS
HomeToys Interview – Structured Wiring in 2010
1. Is structured wiring relevant in today’s new home construction? Definitely yes. It’s common to hear end user refer to wireless as “good enough”...
HOMETOYS
Home Control and Energy Conservation
Please explain what breakthroughs Watteco’s technology will bring to the home control and automation market? Watteco’s Watt Pulse Communications...
HOMETOYS
Improving Video Quality is One Click Away
For converting your analog content to digital you could use a Firewire to USB cable to connect your camera to your computer. Or there are a number of...
HOMETOYS
Social Media – The Hunted Can Become the Hunter
They gather daily/nightly in online communities to exchange information, news and just hang out. 1. They leave a digital fingerprint of who they are...
HOMETOYS
Forget Your Title. Focus on the Job
“If you aren’t selling, you’re buying” – F.G. “Buck” Rogers, former head of IBM Marketing, Sales activities Somewhere along the line we got...