Automated HomeHome Automation NewsAH0013 - AlertMe- June 23, 2008 Show AH0013 - This time we talk to AlertMe co-founder and director Pilgrim Beart along with his Chief Design Engineer, Dr Amyas Phillips. We talk about the technical background that lead both men to work on one of the UKs most inovative security systems. We discuss the architecture of the Zigbee mesh network and the Linux powered hub at the centre of the system... http:blip.tvfilegetMarkmccall-AH0013AlertMe511.mp3iTunes...http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/New-Products/AH0013-AlertMe.html Crestron Introduce New TPS-6X Touchpanel- June 21, 2008 Crestron have launched their latest touchpanel controller the TPS-6X. This 6 beauty docks onto it&39;s own stand so can be used hand held or on a table top. The panel has wired (while docked) and wireless capability and can run for around 24 hours on a single charge. When docked, the TPS-6X can even display full-motion video, providing the ability to monitor a security camera, or preview a DVD or television channel, right on the touchscreen display. Check out the other photo after the...http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/New-Products/Crestron-Introduce-New-TPS-6X-Touchpanel.html Top 10 Tech Podcasts- June 19, 2008 Podcasts, netcasts, time shifted radio and IPTV. Whatever they are, they&39;ve come of age. Less and less of my time is spent consuming regular TV and Radio these days as my hunger for tech-tainment grows. I listen to podcasts on the way to and from work in the car. I watch video podcasts on my PC in my lunch break. I listen to tech shows on the lawnmower and I even fall asleep listening to them at night. Never before has there been such a variety of shows, or quality of production. If you.http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/Announcements/Top-10-Tech-Podcasts.html HP MediaSmart Connect - HD Media Player- June 19, 2008 Now available for pre-order, the HP MediaSmart Connect costs around $350 and provides full Windows Media Center Extender capabilities. On top of that it&39;ll play media from computers and other storage devices around your home via its 802.11abgn Wi-Fi or built-in Ethernet port. Also included are 2 USB ports and of course it&39;s equiped with HDMI so you can connect it to your HiDef display to play back all the usual suspect codecs (including DivX and Xvid)...http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/New-Products/HP-MediaSmart-Connect-HD-Media-Player.html Clipsal Launch E3000 Range- June 18, 2008 Clipsal have released a new electrical range. The E3000 units are the usual high quality polycarbonate offering from Clipsal and they are available in Silver Grey or White. The fittings range from standard power sockets to bell pushes, aerial sockets, LED light switches and blanking plates. With a striking style these will fit in very well in an installation using the Neo range of C-Bus switches...http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/New-Products/Clipsal-Launch-E3000-Range.html AH0012 - Ian Dixon- June 16, 2008 Show AH0012 - This time we talk to Ian Dixon of theDigitalLifeStyle.com. Ian has been producing his podcast since 2005 and with over 150 shows under his belt already he&39;s one of the UK&39;s most prolific bloggers on the Digital Home. We chat about how he got interested in Media Centre, his Windows Home Server setup, trying to walk round the Consumer Electronics Show and his special relationship with Microsoft... http:blip.tvfilegetMarkmccall-AH0012IanDixon888.mp3 Save the show - Right...http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/New-Products/AH0012-Ian-Dixon.html xAP Blue V0.1 Brings Bluetooth Presence Detection- June 16, 2008 James Traynor continues to produce innovative software based on the xAP home automation protocol. His latest creation Blue allows your home to detect your presence using Bluetooth. It&39;s not hard to imagine scenarios where presence detection would be extremely useful in a smart home setup, providing you can figure out the logic required to establish if you are still there as you perhaps walk in and out of range of the receiver...http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/New-Products/xAP-Blue-V0.1-Brings-Bluetooth-Presence-Detect... Exclusive First Look at New IR over TCPIP Uniits- June 16, 2008 Here&39;s a first look at some pretty special pre-release sample units of the IR Anywhere system from Keene Electronics. The new system allows you to send Infra Red remote control signals across your network cabling, but unlike other systems that simply use the CAT as a medium to send the electrical signals, IR Anywhere actually converts the infra red into packet data for transmission across your LAN via TCPIP. The signals are received at the module with the IP address they were sent to...http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/New-Products/Exclusive-First-Look-at-New-IR-over-TCP-IP-Uni... AirRemote for iPhone Brings Total Home Control- June 14, 2008 Yes, it&39;s another iPhone remote do-hicky, but this one is really interesting. Created in the UK by Steve Moore the system comprises of two parts. An iPhone iPod touch application and a hardware base station that recevies the commands from the iPhone app and converts them to IR and Serial commands allowing you to control anything from a TV to an entire AMX home automation system...http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/New-Products/AirRemote-for-iPhone-Brings-Total-Home-Control... New Comments System Now Available- June 14, 2008 So, this whole Web 2.0 thing is all about the conversation apparently. Taking this on board, today we&39;ve added a Comments system onto the site. The system lets you vote up and down comments and provides an individual RSS feed to follow per story too. So tell us what you think of the products we cover. feel free to add your input on each of our articles. Is there another product you&39;ve found that&39;s better, have you a URL that would be helpful to others - tell us...http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/Announcements/New-Comments-System-Now-Available.html |