UK Gets Fast Wireless
Submission by James Traynor – Wireless LAN equipment which offers theoretical speeds of up to 54Mbps in existing 2.4GHz frequency range are launched this week by…
December 2002
Total Remote for Pocket PC
Submission by Keyvan Rahimian – Total Remote¹s unique Infrared Transmitter Module (ITM) allows you to control infrared devices from nearly 100 feet away. Designed specifically for Pocket…
More Linux in the Home?
From CNet News…”Audiovisual gear for the home, such as digital video recorders, from Sony and other manufacturers could soon have a new version of Linux…
ProntoEdit NG v1.0 Released
From remoteCentral.com – “Planning on getting a new Philips Pronto TSU3000 in the new year? Why not get a head start with designing your CCF –…
LinkSys Launch New Home/SME Network Kit
London, United Kingdom, 12 December 2002 – Linksys, a leading provider of networking hardware solutions for the SME (small and medium enterprise) and SOHO (small…
Panasonic Biometric Camera and Webcam
Submission by Adam Courtney – Panasonic have developed a biometric (retina scanner) Camera which doubles as a webcam. “Camera includes Private ID™ Client Software for…
Digital Home Magazine Launches Next Week
The new “Digital Home” magazine from future publishing launches on the 19th December. Here’s an exclusive shot of the cover of issue one (Click on…
6th Birthday
Just realised I missed the site’s 6th birthday last month! Anyway, here it is, we’ve passed the six year mark and going strong. As always,…
Pocketwerks Vinyl v1.0 Released
Submission by Pocketwerks – Vinyl was designed from the ground up to take advantage of your digital music collection. With Vinyl you can remotely navigate…
Motion Detection Software – Video Sureillance
Submission by Robert K Breton Since video security is getting big I developed a motion detection class into my software package. It now has Biometric…
UKHA Meet 2003
The arrangements for the annual UK Home Automation meeting have been finalised! After the success of the previous meeting, and out growing the old venue,…
MP3 Elf – Network MP3 Player
Submission by Dave Eveling – Came across this link for reasonably cheap networked MP3 player which may be of interest, especially to those of you proficient…
Weather Station – Review
Submission by Ken Watt – I got a weather station from Skyview in the UK and it turns out that the system is the Oregon…
Misterhouse v2.74 Released
V2.74 of the popular open source home control software, MisterHouse, hasbeen released by Bruce Winter, it’s main author. This release is mainly a bug fix,…
Nexus Home Distribution System
Submission by Ian Henderson Hi I am not sure if anyone has covered the AVNEX NEXUS home distribution system on Automated Home, if you have…