Home Automation News

UK smart home security system AlertMe continue to go from strength to strength and last month secured 8M in series B funding.

Sensus announces that it has acquired the assets and business of Telemetric Corporation.

A new home that can text you if it is being burgled has been created by the University of Hertfordshire.

The 2GIG system architecture includes a built-in Z-Wave radio, the first and only offering of its kind in the home security industry.

GridPoint, Inc. , a smart grid company, recently announced that it has acquired Lixar's energy business, an Ottawa company providing energy management solutions that offer user interfaces and support multiple communications protocols and devices.

The Home Theater Specialists of America said Tuesday that its members are available for consultations on how customers can improve the energy efficiency of their homes.

Morban Ltd, are proud to announce that they are the first UK Residential Systems Integrator to be listed on the Dynalite Dimensions Dealership programme.

Home automation industry folks, heads up: the ZigBee Alliance has announced the development of a Green Power feature set, which is the first step in creating a global standard technology for energy harvesting devices.

Summer vacation this year included a visit to the Smart Home at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

NKK Switches have announced a new control that integrates a compact 96 x 64 OLED display.

Energy efficiency is a hot topic in today's energy crisis discussion. With recent technology advancements in energy efficient technologies, new ultra-low power microcontrollers are helping to reduce overall energy consumption while also creating a cost effective solution for wireless applications.

Microsoft has entered the home energy efficiency sector Wednesday with the launch of Microsoft Hohm a free website that, like a host of others being developed by startups like Greenbox and giants like Google , allows homeowners to analyze and react to home energy usage data to save power and money.

Draper, Utah-based Control4 , a maker of home automation hardware and related products, said today that the firm has expanded its oferings in hotel market.

Very Simple Control Protocol Daemon is a daemon for home automation tasks. Changes: VSCP Works has gone through major work.

Following that listing for a contemporary home in Beverly Hills' Trousdale Estates , let's head back to the neighborhood per reader One Wag' s suggestion to check out this 1610 Carla.

Disgusting misuse of our courts. iPhone 3G S: What You Need to Know The iPhone 3G S is is AT&T and Apple stores across the country this morning.

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HomeSeer Technologies is now selling a Euro version Z-Wave home automation product that provides three functions in one.

Audacious Software has updated Shion , their home automation solution for Mac OS X, to version 2.0. Using commodity X10 and Insteon devices, the new Shion user can begin controlling their apartment, home, or office in less than 10 minutes, according to the folks at Audacious.

Audacious Software is proud to announce Shion 2.0, an update to their home automation solution for Mac OS X. Designed for the typical end-user who seeks a powerful automation system, Shion is an innovative program that brings home automation technology to the everyday Mac user, all without the complexity of traditional offerings.