Engadget HD delves into Home Automation with mPanel review

If you've always though the idea of Home Automation was cool, but thought it was too expensive, you should head over to Engadget HD as they check out the first affordable Home Automation in-wall touch panel from Embedded Automation -- of course we use the word affordable very loosely around here, as there's nothing cheap about a $1000 7-inch touch screen, but compared to the $7000 panels out there, it's a steal. To find out what we liked, other than the price, ease of install, openness, and out of the box experience, click on through to the HD side.

[slarity @ Oct 24th 2008 12:42PM]

We have one of these at work, its a 12" screen and runs 2 50" LCDS and 2 projectors with sound lights and the works. Its freaking cool, but too much for my house I would think.

My logitech harmony is far enough.

[tom @ Oct 24th 2008 1:11PM]

This thing is kinda neat and functional. I think I can make use of this quite well, to control lighting time, temperature, security alarm and etc. 1000 is a very fair price tag as well consider the energy cost saving down the road.

[Testies, Testies, 1, 2... 3? @ Oct 24th 2008 2:41PM]

"easy of install are belong to us!"

[StalematE @ Oct 24th 2008 12:50PM]

i only want it if it can power my blender/strobelight to scare the piss out of my cat and record it.
http://gizmodo.com/5064773/motion-detector-turns-on-blender-strobe-light-when-cat-nears-with-hilarious-results

[StalematE @ Oct 24th 2008 12:51PM]

btw, i didn't do this... i don't even have a cat, but i would like the option in the event of a cat.

[phanbouy @ Oct 24th 2008 12:54PM]

I see that the elk has been disarmed. Bring in the caribou!

[Jeff Stoelker @ Oct 24th 2008 1:21PM]

though = thought
thought = thought

[Lowest Ranked @ Oct 24th 2008 4:03PM]

1=2
2=2 ?

[pathumx @ Oct 25th 2008 11:24AM]

let a=b
a=b
a^2=ab
a^2-b^2=ab-b^2
(a-b)(a+b)=b(a-b)
a+b=b
b+b=b
2b=b
2=1

[Andir3.0 @ Oct 24th 2008 2:34PM]

"The mPanel in its most basic form is a Windows CE 6.0 computer, ... we're just glad EA didn't use a proprietary OS..."

I'll ask here as well... does this make sense to anyone?

[Dave @ Oct 24th 2008 4:42PM]

A lot of Home Automation systems have custom embedded Linux or similar systems that are very difficult to work with...Windows provides more of an "open" system to work with, rather than having to learn a whole different system.

[gimmetaffy @ Oct 24th 2008 6:42PM]

Control4 FTW