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Posts tagged “automation”

Defining the Digital Home

Now here's a problem space we can all associate with. The home. Well, let me be specific; the digital home, to be exact. We all have our definitions of what our future homes should and could look like...

Automated Cabinetry by Anvil Motion

Anvil Motion is the first touch screen activated cabinetry. Want to open all your kitchen cabinets at once? No problem. These cabinets come with touch activated drawers, motion-sensitive cabinets a...

Geco: Solar Powered Robot Cleans Windows

If there's one thing that frustrates us it's cleaning windows. Don't get us wrong, the glass on the inside is easy to clean, but a lot of us live in condos or apartments, making it impossible to clean...

5 Secret Things Your Cell Phone Can Do?

We'd been contemplating getting rid of our land line permanently after reading Abby's post awhile back, but we just haven't made the leap...yet. However, this morning we got an interesting email entit...

Look! Small Kitchen Loaded with Automation

When you live in an NYC high-rise where square footage is hard to come by, sacrifices must be made in order to accommodate one's love for electronics in a central space. Fortunately, they had one larg...

Got an iPhone? Then You Have a Remote Light Switch

What isn't the iPhone doing? It's a square and a level. It's also a bedside clock that happens to be able to control your entire home automation system. Not to be left out, Lutron is hopping on the ...