Home Automation

A Brilliant Home Automation Range From Byron

Brilliant Home Easy Automation Range From Byron

Home Easy is a comprehensive range of home automation products, which includes several different collections to choose from.

This innovative technology allows you to remotely operate lighting, appliances, heating and door access; all of these can be controlled from a single hand held remote control from anywhere in your home.

Even if you’re away from home, you can operate lights and appliances with a simple SMS text message, from anywhere in the world.

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Embedded Web Server For Comfort Home Automation

Embedded Web Server For Comfort Home Automation

Cytech has introduced two new products for its flagship Comfort Home Automation and Security System – A new Embedded Web Server and a GSM Module: The CWM02 embedded Comfort Web Server Module, allows the user to access his lighting, security and home appliances on the Internet, using a browser. The layout of the home or office can be displayed with icons for lights, air-conditioners, heaters, doors, windows, motion detectors and cameras. The display of the icons changes in real time, according to their state at that time. When doors and windows are opened, or lights and air-conditioners are switched on or off, this can be seen on the browser screen. Clicking on the icons will switch the appliances and lights on or off. Cameras can be installed in the property to allow the user to view remotely through the Internet. Communication through the Internet is encrypted using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) technology. Unlike some other Internet access systems the CWM02 is an embedded Linux system, which works without the need for a computer acting as a host or server.

The CWM02 and UCM/GSM2 are available through Cytech’s distributors around the world.

The Comfort Intelligent Home System is an integrated Intruder Alarm and Home Automation system. For details visit:

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Comfort’s GSM Module To Access Alarm by Mobile

Comfort’s New GSM Module To Access Alarm by Mobile

The UCM/GSM2 is a new low cost GSM Module for the Comfort Intelligent System, which provides a backup dialler through the GSM network for the alarm system, when the fixed telephone line is unavailable or has been compromised.

The module also allows SMS messages to be sent to a maximum of 8-programmed mobile phones when an alarm has been activated, or even when the security system is armed and disarmed.

This can be used for alerting parents when their children arrive home from school.

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Logitech Squeezebox & INNOVUS Home Automation

Logitech Squeezebox And Innovus Home Automation

INNOVUS Home Automation and Logitech Squeezebox have united to enable you to create the perfect home atmosphere, by combining sound and comfort with just one remote control.

With a Home Automation solution from INNOVUS and the Logitech Squeezeboxâ„¢ Duet, you can control lights, curtains, windows and music from one remote only.

 Create the atmosphere to reflect your daily life:

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Mir:ror By Violet – The First Home RFID-Reader

Mirror By Violet The First Consumer Home RFID-Reader

The Internet of Things starts here – a mirror that makes your Objects come alive:

It connects to your PC (Windows or Mac) via USB and launches all kinds of multimedia applications, when it detects an object equipped with an RFID-tag.

Intuitive and easy-to-use with fully customisable functionalities, this reader reveals the life, power and memory of any of your everyday objects.

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Sonos Introduces The Sonos Controller for iPhone

Sonos Introduces The Sonos Controller for iPhone

Sonos, the leading developer of wireless multi-room music systems, has introduced the Sonos Controller for iPhone as a Free Download on the Apple App Store.

Music lovers with an iPhone 3G, iPhone or iPod touch, can now control the award-winning Sonos Multi-Room Music System all from their favourite portable device.

Sonos wirelessly plays all the music you want, all over your house, providing a supreme multi-room music experience.

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Marmitek Introduces The Versatile GigaVideo580â„¢

Marmitek Introduces The Versatile GigaVideo580â„¢

Marmitek has launched a smart video transmitter, the GigaVideo580™, which sends the images of your computer’s hard disk recorder, satellite receiver or digital TV decoder, (Freeview), to a second TV in your house.

This enables you to enjoy your centrally recorded or saved images and audio, everywhere in your house!

  Features include:

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Energy Saving Week – October 2008

Energy Saving Week - October 2008

Energy Saving Week is 20th to 26th October this year. Did you know that if everybody in the UK switched their appliances off completely at night, instead of leaving them on standby, it would save £900 million* in electricity bills per year – plus a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions!

Trouble is, last thing at night, it just seems too much effort to bend down to switch off the TV and satellite box. So we simply hit ‘standby’ on the remote control and head off for bed.

To make it easy for you – One For All has launched the Energy Saver remote control that switches off all you’re A/V equipment completely, by pressing one green button – electricity saving of 90% compared with leaving it on standby.

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Nabaztag, The Rabbit Meets Ladybird Books

Nabaztag, The Revolutionary Rabbit Meets Ladybird Books

Ladybird, (the Penguin Group) and Violet, the pioneer in ambient devices and Internet objects, have formed a new partnership to bring traditional books to a new life, combining the best of both material and digital worlds.

By utilising the newest advancements in digital technology, the Nabaztag Rabbit is now able to recognize a real book and read it aloud!

The Nabaztag WiFi enabled Rabbit was launched in 2005 to widespread critical acclaim; the device is permanently connected to the Internet and can act, react, transmit or broadcast many types of content available on the net, – news, messages, music, text, alerts, radio etc. – he also obeys voice commands and recognizes objects.

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The Comfort System Is Secure Smart And Easy

The Comfort System Is Secure Smart And Uncomplicated

Cytech Europe Limited is the UK distributor of the Comfort Intelligent Home System that includes an advanced intruder alarm system and controls lighting, appliances, heating and air-conditioning and much more.

The Company has now launched a clear and straightforward film, presenting the essential facts about a smart home, featuring their Comfort Intelligent Home System.

The DVD, filmed in a family home, entertains, informs and demonstrates all aspects of smart home technology, including home security, networked sound and vision, remote control of heating air conditioning, lighting, curtains and gates and an intercom, which even calls a mobile-phone when no one is at home.

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Read more about : Burglar Alarms, Home Automation, Intercom Systems, Security Cameras