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ohhh now no one can brag that they got first post cause its no longer open]]>Nov 29th 2006 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/29/the-pulse-home-automation-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/29/the-pulse-home-automation-controller/
More on topic: this looks like a nice piece of hardware, however I just think that it is ridiculous the amount of money/effort people will put in to avoid raising the blinds or flipping the light switch. It is just natural to me - when I come home I turn on the lights. It really isn't that difficult.]]>Nov 30th 2006 12:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/29/the-pulse-home-automation-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/29/the-pulse-home-automation-controller/
Or maybe you can make even cooler by having two couches facing each other in the living room. When you hit the button, one couch rotates around to face the projection screen that's automatically lowering. And then a rising coffee table with built-in microwave and fridge starts the popcorn and pours drinks based on verbal commands. One day...]]>Nov 30th 2006 1:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/29/the-pulse-home-automation-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/29/the-pulse-home-automation-controller/
I can see how it could have a market for disabled people, but that is not where the excitement tends to come from.]]>Nov 30th 2006 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/29/the-pulse-home-automation-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/29/the-pulse-home-automation-controller/Nov 30th 2006 2:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/29/the-pulse-home-automation-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/29/the-pulse-home-automation-controller/Nov 30th 2006 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/29/the-pulse-home-automation-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/29/the-pulse-home-automation-controller/
These days, I mostly use home automation to turn the fishtank light on in the morning and off at night. Ah, and sometimes to turn the Christmas tree on in the morning.]]>Nov 30th 2006 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/29/the-pulse-home-automation-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/29/the-pulse-home-automation-controller/Nov 30th 2006 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/29/the-pulse-home-automation-controller/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/29/the-pulse-home-automation-controller/
In the morning, I wake up to a random song from my music collection. When the song finishes, my favourite radio station comes on (or, at the moment because I'm English and it's the Ashes, I have that coming on instead).

Meanwhile the bedside light comes on, dimmed at first, then gets brighter, followed by the main light.

The coffee machine downstairs switches on automatically, if I don't feel like getting out of the bed, the smell of fresh coffee usually helps.

At night, if we get out of bed to go to the loo, a dimmed light comes on to show the way.

Also, it can save electricity, when I walk around my house, lights come on, but then go off again after a period of time if no-one is in the room. Great if (like me) you always forget to turn lights off.]]>Dec 1st 2006 5:25AM