Home automation system uses SMS to control appliances
Developers at Eneo Labs in Barcelona have put together a prototype system that uses SMS to let you interact with your home appliances; using the setup, you can send messages to everything from your lights to your heating system from anywhere you can use a cellphone. Sure, we've seen other SMS-based home automation systems, but the Eneo system also reportedly includes intelligent features that can do things like shut off your water if your washing machine is leaking, and turn on your coffee maker when you enter the kitchen (presumably it uses RFID or some similar system to identify you as you enter). Of course, we're still not sold on the reliability of SMS for mission-critical messages in larger markets like the U.S., but we'd certainly be willing to try this out, if only to freak out our roommates by turning appliances on and off from miles away.
[Via textually.org]
