HDBaseT Alliance, the Beaverton, Ore., cross-industry alliance formed to promote and standardize whole home distribution of uncompressed high definition (HD) multimedia content, has recently added 23 companies to its membership base.
Fighting off a slow new home market and playing on the attraction of home controls, the iPhone and the Internet, Rocky DiGiacomo, a Minneapolis homebuilder, heard about the ELAN g! Series IP-based home control system that can use the iPhone to control every household function.
The IPM-300 freestanding tabletop stand is the latest in Anaheim, Calif.’s Premier Mounts’ line of iPad mounts. Among features are: Mounting arms expand or contract for a snug fit...
While worldwide pay-TV subscriptions continue to increase and the total number of subscriptions is forecast to exceed 745 million in 2011, the same growth isn’t predicted for cable. High cable penetration in regions such as North America and western Europe, and the increasing popularity of online video services, have resulted in slow growth in worldwide cable TV markets.
New Orleans-based Home Automation Inc. (HAI) now has its Lumina Pro family product suite available in German, Portuguese, Spanish (European and Latin American), Chinese (simplified and traditional), Italian, Catalan and French languages.
New Orleans-based Home Automation, (HAI), added KZValve as its latest connectivity partner. KZValve manufactures motorized valves and controls for water supplies. By connecting a water control valve to an HAI home automation system, the water supply at the home or business can be controlled remotely from a cell phone.
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) of Rosslyn, Va., offers “The 5 Ls of Lighting: The Consumer’s Guide to Choosing Energy-Efficient Lighting.” Helpful to electronic system contractors, this educational guide for the transition to more energy-efficient lighting can be downloaded at www.lightbulboptions.org.
Smart electric meters are being deployed in increasing numbers around the world, but only now is the utility industry addressing the concern that the new meters may represent a weak link in the integrity of the electrical grid. Smart meters, which utilize two-way communications to improve energy management, automation and control on the grid, have often been rolled out to customers with little forethought about the potential security risks.
Who would have thunk it? Confusion and too many choices can create business opportunities for home electronic system contractors (ESCs), this time as the Internet and Web-enabled televisions come together for e-mails, social networking, sophisticated gaming, family picture shows and, especially, video on demand.
With the rapid proliferation of smart phones and tablets, homeowners are discovering the power that apps can have in home control and automation — and in business.
A little more than a year has passed since Apple introduced the iPad, and the impact it has had on daily life has been nothing short of revolutionary. An explosion of software applications for many mobile devices has been developed to give users the power at their fingertips to manage their work, social lives, and leisure activities — anytime, anywhere. Why not control their homes as well? Is there an app for that? Of course, there is — and it is good for business.
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