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Home Automation
Is This The End Of the Kettle?
Yes – boiling water is like watching paint dry, it’s boring and wastes time and water, not to mention the kitchen counter space taken up by a kettle – but this is all about to change with the launch of GROHE Red® in June 2010.
Whether it’s a quick cup of tea, peeling vegetables. or sterilising baby bottles and washing greasy pans, we need boiling water for many uses.
The GROHE Red® is the perfect tool for every busy modern day kitchen. Consisting of a tap and a boiler (4 or 8 litre versions available), this ingenious appliance supplies piping hot water at the twist of a lever.
Read more about : Electric Kettles, Home Automation, Kitchen Accessories
Touch Screen Video Door Access Systems.
Door security systems are becoming increasingly popular and are proving to be especially useful for elderly or disabled people, providing both security and peace of mind.
Types of Door Access Systems – There is a wide choice of access control systems available from cheap DIY devices, to the more complex hard- wired door security systems.
Video Systems – This type allows visual confirmation of visitors and remote door access into a property, giving both security and calm to the occupants.
Read more about : Home Automation, Intercom Systems, Security Services, Wireless Alarm Systems
Lifetime/Sustainable Homes & Help At Hand
Features of home automation systems such as the Comfort Intelligent Home System from Cytech Europe, can provide a major input to the Lifetime Homes Standard, as well as to Assistive Living and the homebuilding industry’s targets for Sustainable Homes, in line with the new mandatory regulations.
Benefits offered by the Comfort System include: Interactive Voice Menu that can operate in any of nine languages allows Comfort to be controlled from any remote or home telephone. The real time status of the lights and appliances can be announced so you can check before switching anything on or off. Reminder Messages and Voice Announcements Triggered by Events: Comfort can be set to play back recorded reminder messages on talking keypads, or the telephone to remind the user to take medicine, for example, as a wake-up call, or to warn if any motion is detected in the home. Dial Out to Alert Carers: Comfort dials out to carers or family members, if there is no activity in the home for a longer than usual period of time. The carer can talk to the person in the house via any of the keypads. An emergency button on the keypad can force a dial out to the carer or family member. Conditional Logic Programming; Comfort’s extensive Logic Programming capabilities allow conditions to be tested up in order to determine the actions to be taken; for example, after dark, and the doorbell is pressed, switch on outside lights and play an announcement, or greeting message on the door station, and announce on the keypad that a visitor is at the door. Intercom: Comfort’s talking keypads communicate with other keypads around the home and with the door station. Home Security: The range of Comfort door stations including those with a camera, let the person at home speak with the visitor and also see them before opening the door. The door can be opened via any phone or keypad in the house. Heating, Lighting, Appliances, Curtains, Blinds can all be monitored and controlled by Comfort to help with energy-saving, home security and convenience.
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Read more about : Building Services, Burglar Alarms, Home Automation, Intercom Systems, Security Services
World’s First Connected And Wi-Fi Enabled Body Scale
French technology company Withings has announced the availability of its WiFi Body Scale in the UK.
Withings has combined sleek design and technology, to transform a regular bathroom scale into an accurate health monitoring system.
The world’s first WiFi connected personal weight scale that automatically records the user’s body weight, lean and fat mass, and calculated body mass index (BMI) to his/her secure web-page.
Read more about : Bathroom Accessories, Home Automation
Intamac Launches Two Connected Home Products At CES
  UK-based company and connected home provider Intamac Systems, has launched two new connected home applications – for monitoring and controlling home security, energy management, home automation and telecare through the internet and cell phones – at 2010 International CES, the world’s largest consumer electronics show:
The Intamac iPhone application, is an innovative interface, which allows full two-way control, live video, messaging and reporting from the home.
Connecting directly to the subscriber’s Intamac account, the app will be available to download from the Apple store during the first quarter of 2010.
Also on show for the first time is The Intamac iBridge, an interface device, which enables third-party communicating products to be connected via broadband to the Intamac Platform, allowing end-user customers to monitor and control these products remotely through their web-enabled Intamac account.
Read more about : Home Automation, Security Services, Wireless Alarm Systems
Chic Bathroom Installation From Aquavision
Sound and Vision company DSE Digital, recently completed a multi-room installation in one of the finest new-build properties in Newcastle upon Tyne.
The stunning, contemporary house features all the luxuries and technologies you would expect in a house of the future – plus a few more, including an Aquavision waterproof television in the bathroom.
The owners of this chic home required security that could be accessed from anywhere in the world, discrete lighting with mood control, music throughout the house and a home cinema / games room.
Read more about : Bathroom Accessories, Home Automation, Home Entertainment, LCD TVs
New Alessi Telephone Designed by Stefano Giovannoni
Brand new product with a really great price too! This Revolutionary Cordless Alessi Phone makes calling someone a work of art. At last design meets technology – with Functionality & Style; your land-line telephone can now be as expressive as your mobile.
This new innovative Alessi Telephone is Packed with features such as: Polyphonic ring-tones composed by Gak Sato. Backgrounds designer by Stefano Giovannoni. 65,000 colour OLED display. High quality manufacture and hands free function. Contact book with room for 200 names and numbers. Blue backlit touch pad. Clock and alarm. Caller ID & Calling number ring-tone association – Where the service is supported by your telecom provider. Mulitlingual menu.
Dimensions – 4.5x 19.5x 5.5cm closed.
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AlertMe Swingometer – How UK Is Tackling Climate Change
While global leaders are in Copenhagen attending the COP15 Climate Change Conference, consumers in the UK are already making an impact on their home energy usage, rather than waiting for long term policies to be effected.
AlertMe, the award-winning home energy management service, believes in a consumer-led solution to climate change, and is empowering consumers to take action today, to reduce their home energy consumption – and their costs.
“Just making energy usage visible to consumers can reduce consumption in the home by as much as 20%, which is a huge win, but it has to be done in a way that is meaningful and fun,†said Pilgrim Beart, co-founder and CEO of AlertMe. “To support the goal of Copenhagen, and help consumers make real changes in their lives, we are launching a fun display that everyone can use – whether or not they are an AlertMe customer.â€
Anyone can watch the Swingometer rock backwards and forwards as the nation increases and decreases its energy use. As 29% of the country’s total energy consumption occurs in the home, it is important for consumers to understand their role in reducing the UK’s carbon footprint.
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Intamac and Current Cost Help You Visualise Energy Savings
Intamac Systems the UK-based provider of monitoring and control services for the ‘connected home’, working with Current Cost, leaders in the real-time energy display products market, has launched a new service, to enable consumers to remotely monitor and manage their electricity consumption.
Intamac are providing a new Smart Energy mobile and online portal monitoring service to work with Current Cost home display units, which gives consumers real-time information via their web and mobile handsets.
With a clear visual display of how much energy they’re consuming and the ability to remotely switch devices on and off, consumers can actively reduce their energy consumption.
Read more about : Home Automation, Security Services
AlertMe Energy Launches with Google and British Gas
AlertMe Energy Puts Consumers in Control of Their Home Energy Costs and Consumption.
AlertMe, the award-winning home energy management service, has announced the launch of AlertMe Energy, giving consumers the ability to monitor their home energy usage online, so that they can reduce their bills and carbon footprint.
AlertMe Energy includes easy-to-install hardware and an online service that can be accessed from any Web browser; it‘s also integrated with Google PowerMeter, to enable tracking energy consumption live from an iGoogle home page.
Read more about : Home Automation, Home Lighting, Radiators