iAutomate throws RFID into the home automation mix
posted Mar 22nd 2005 5:06AM
Why leave it to the schools to track our kids' every movements, when we can keep tabs on them from the comforts of our own homes? Or better yet — log in to your home system remotely and catch your pets straying beyond the leash radius. Pretty much anything you're paranoid about can now be affixed with an RFID tag and tracked: people, pets, vehicles — maybe you'd better keep tabs on that Roomba, as well. All this thanks to iAutomate's new HomeSeer system that integrates the ever-lovin' wireless chips into, well, just about anything you can get to hold still long enough. This system looks so airtight, with the ability to lock down access to devices and get email notifications of all your family's transgressions, that you really won't ever have to actually be home again.
This is EXACTLY what I've been waiting for! There are infinite possibilities for good uses of RFID in home automation and ubiquitous computing here.
"Control, Lights, Music, and Temperature
based upon the presence or absence of a tag - watch your friends be amazed at the total comfort you have in your home when your environment follows you from room to room!"
home automation