Home automation system uses SMS to control appliances

by Marc Perton, posted May 31st 2005 at 8:31AM

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]

Filed under: Cellphones, Household

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Gaurav Patel @ Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM

Yeah, and in a few years we will be able to launch nuclear missiles via sms.

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mark smith @ Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM

Puhlease. I've got my garage door set up so I can open it over the internet via email, phone (via tone recognition) web interface, or timer.
Next is the remote control Force FX lightsaber. It's going to be either remote control activation, or my new doorbell.

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