RoboHouse

EASY-TO-IMPLEMENT HOME AUTOMATION.

By Andrew Turner

My house is a robot. It thinks, reacts, predicts, and informs. Throughout the day it lets me know how its inhabitants are doing and takes care of all the little things I forget. If I’m worried that I left the front door open or that the heater is turned up too high, I can view my house’s website or RSS feed through a browser or my mobile phone.

In addition to making my life easier, my house is concerned about saving the planet and my wallet. It can turn off unused appliances and lamps and intelligently control my heating and air conditioning system according to when someone is home and where it’s coldest or hottest in the house.

The power my house wields is easy to implement. In fact, ...

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