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ADI Invites Dealers to Experience New Technologies at CEDIA Expo 2013

September 25, 2013

ADI, Melville, N.Y., invites dealers to visit booth #1111 at the CEDIA EXPO 2013 in Denver to experience the latest technology and discover new opportunities to grow in the custom electronics market.

Start With the Common Demoninators for Residential Control

Start With the Common Denominators

Ian Bryant

September 1, 2013

Have you ever had a client ask if you could set up a control system for other areas in the house? It’s a growing market, so if you have not been asked about control options yet, chances are you will be asked at some point.

Company Offers the ‘Brains’ of the Connected Home

Behind the Company: Q&A With Zonoff’s CEO

SDM Exclusive

August 15, 2013

Zonoff Inc., Malvern, Pa., has a mission to make the Internet of Things come alive in the home by becoming a common platform enabling all wireless standards to communicate with each other. That includes security systems.

Mountain Climber to Open Locks, Operate Z-Wave Devices From Top of Himalayan Mountain

August 15, 2013

Home automation is reaching new heights: 26,906 feet, to be exact. That's the height of Cho Oyu, the sixth-highest mountain in the world.

CEDIA Announces 2013 Manufacturers’ Excellence Awards Finalists

August 15, 2013

The Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA), Indianapolis, announced the 2013 Manufacturers’ Excellence Awards finalists.

2013 CEDIA EXPO Delivers Future-Focused Technologies, Topics to Attendees

August 15, 2013

This year’s CEDIA EXPO, hosted Sept. 25 - 28 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, will provide attendees the tools they need to evolve and adapt in an ever-changing industry, according to The Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA), Indianapolis.

Z-Wave-Enabled Smart Home Creates Aging in Place Opportunities

Behind the Technology: Z-Wave Chairman Q&A

August 15, 2013

With 76 million baby boomers starting to turn senior, and 65 million of them taking care of elderly family and loved ones, aging in place is a ripe arena for technology solutions. Recently, SDM Senior Editor Heather Young spoke with Mark Walters, chairman of the Z-Wave Alliance about the area of aging in place and how home automation can be an integral part of it.

Touch Screen Viewable in Direct Sunlight

August 15, 2013

Seeing images on any type of screen (video monitor, cell phone, laptop) can be very difficult, or impossible, in daylight or direct sunlight.

9 Quick and Easy Tips to ‘Free’ Money

Make Extra Money Using Existing ‘Smart’ Technologies

Helen M. Heneveld

July 18, 2013

You’ve already installed numerous electronic systems for your customers, why not leverage those audio/visual (A/V), security and control networks? Here are some suggestions, in no particular order, that might ‘tickle your fancy,’ delight your customers and make you more money.

New white paper addresses consumer interest in wireless, business opportunity, available technology, and best practices for installation and configuration.

CEDIA Releases Wireless Speaker White Paper

July 18, 2013

New white paper addresses consumer interest in wireless, business opportunity, available technology, and best practices for installation and configuration.