AMX vs. visiomatic Home Automation
Okay, I think I have it down to two companies for the home automation stuff… AMX, which seems to be more widely deployed (the installers I met with last week have an office here in San Diego). It’s...
View ArticleRFID Tagging
The US Department of Homeland security is going to start requiring foreigners to carry a “card” with them at all times. It will be an RFID type of card that can be read from 20 feet away. Anyway… I...
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Human Implantable Access Control
So after my last post, I was poking around the Internet regarding RFID access control systems for buildings (for a house in my case), and I found a company called VeriChip. They offer systems that are...
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Passive RFID Tags
So I’m thinking about getting a system for my new house where you can get an implant and doors will unlock for you automatically. But I also thought it would be cool if you could use those to track...
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Kill Frankenstein Live On Webcam
Alek has setup his halloween lights this year so you can view them with a webcam. Even more fun is that fact that you can control them in realtime too. Personally, I like raising Frankenstein from the...
View ArticleHome Automation Checklist
Okay, I need to start making a list of things I want to be able to control from the home automation system for my house… So I’m just going to use this blog entry for that. If anyone can think of...
View ArticleCentral Audio/Video Distribution
Okay, I finally sat down tonight and figured out what I *think* I need (at least it’s a start so the experts have something to start with) to do centrally distributed audio/video for the house. Audio...
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Gefen HDMI Extreme Cables (Fiber Optic HDMI)
Looks like Gefen just expanded their fiber optic line of cables (all fiber optic components are built right into the cable) to also include HDMI cabling (they had them for DVI before), which means I...
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Solar Power Panels
Well, I decided a long time ago that it would be neat to put a big solar voltaic system at my new place and try to generate 100% of the electricity needed for the house (and servers and everything else...
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Whirlpool Smart Washer & Drier
Connecting To Network …skip to the end of this post if you are just trying to figure out how to connect these appliances to the network/Internet (that was the whole reason I wrote it, but it became...
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