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Check out the iinterface:

http://www.123macmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10237

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The next gen home is in pretty much every trailer park in America.]]>Jan 12th 2007 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/11/nextgen-home-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/11/nextgen-home-tour/
This is a good example of marketing making tech purchases, not tech experts. Technology in a home should be reliable/tough, simple ,and easy to maintain. All of which $7k touch-screens are not.

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Maybe Engadget could hire a real photographer.

Life|Ware is a great looking product, too bad it costs more than Gates left arm.

And, in closing, the house is basically the same as CES2006, not next-gen at all. But with next-gen pricing.]]>Jan 12th 2007 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/11/nextgen-home-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/11/nextgen-home-tour/Jan 12th 2007 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/11/nextgen-home-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/11/nextgen-home-tour/Jan 13th 2007 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/11/nextgen-home-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/11/nextgen-home-tour/
The touch panels can render 720p hi def video and there are no other touch panels that can do that. They are also an installer-only product. Maybe not for you, but my understanding is the demand is greater then availability right now.

The light switches were all wireless Z-wave lights. They also had a UMPC working as a wireless automation controller. I agree the house was packed with a ton of extra tech, but the actors did a good job explaining how'd they use the gear in their everyday lives. Also, the whole house was run on Vista Media Center, not XP. I guess it's easy to slam the houe if you didn't go through it...]]>Jan 13th 2007 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/11/nextgen-home-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/11/nextgen-home-tour/
Also any next gen house should be completely green powered, so it should have some sort of solar power management system built in.

Fine if you want to build something like this for marketing but it needs a better name like "Obnoxious High Tech House"]]>Jan 13th 2007 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/11/nextgen-home-tour/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/11/nextgen-home-tour/Jan 18th 2007 8:30AM