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IMAGINE... Your routine is suddenly much more convenient with an automated
home. As you leave your home in the morning, you push one button by
the front door and all lights and appliances are turned off, the stereo
or TV shuts down the draperies close, hair curlers turn off, the thermostat
and water heater are set to economy mode, and your security systems
know to enable in two minutes. Your home has just automatically dialed
your secretary to let her know you are on your way. While driving
to your office, you remember you wanted to water the yard one extra
time this week, so you dial your home to turn on the sprinkler system
for fifteen minutes. After lunch, you’ll go on-line at your
desk to view your backyard to be sure your dog is keeping out of mischief.
Shortly after 3:00pm, you receive an automatic phone call from your
home notifying you that your child is safely home from school. Then,
on your drive home you decide a Jacuzzi soak would be in order, so
a quick cell phone call to your home has the tub hot and steamy for
you upon your arrival.
Later that evening, after settling down in your
favorite easy chair, you push a single button, and watch as the
lights are dimmed, curtains drawn, projection screen unfurled, video
projector and DVD player enables, phone mutes and the popcorn popper
fires up. It’s movie time! And you know that your connected
home is also capable of sending the same DVD movie signal to any
of the TV’s or computers in your home. While you are watching,
you hear a noise in the front yard, so you clicked channel 84 on
your viewing screen to bring up a security video image of a stray
dog running by your front door. After the movie, you settle down
for your nights repose, and again one button push puts your home
to work for you by turning off all interior lights, turning on security
lights, shutting down all entertainment components and appliance,
setting the thermostat and water to economy mode, and enabling the
security system. And you rest comfortably knowing that in the event
of a fire or other emergency, you and your children are safe. Your
home knows what to do... automatically. |
