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King Of His Digital Castle Net guru John Patrick has built the ultimate automated house. Dim the lights, turn on the music - even from half a world away.   |
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Smarter Homes We take you inside three of the smartest homes in America to show you what they've done and how they did it. |
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Power Houses Tech execs and extreme jocks are making the world safe for plasma-screen shaving mirrors and Wi-Fi window shades. Here's an exclusive tour of the ultimate wired homes. |
Wired
January 2005
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Hot Properties Stacks of equipment, piles of remotes, a rat's nest of Ethernet cables - the wired life can get ugly. But a new school of home design is finding creative ways to combine tech and aesthetics. These four houses show how geek palaces can be elegant, comfortable, and tasteful. |
Wired
January 2005 |
Tech-Xtreme Makeover Sometimes even the coolest cribs need a supergeek upgrade |
Home Toys
October 2003
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CEDIA 2003 - Report The Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association's annual expo offers something for everyone in outfitting a home with the latest in entertainment gear. Whole house audio continues to be high on homeowners' wish lists and therefore continues to drive innovation in that sector. |
Home Toys
April 2005
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How to Create a Custom-Designed Home Theater Working with an expert gives you the personal guidance you need to plan, program, and perfect every detail of your ultimate home theater. |
Wired
December 2003 |
Wired Tools 2K3 Tech gear is fun again -- whether you're into 3-D computer screens, smartphones, theater-quality home audio, or DNA kits for kids. Our crack squad of geeks has rounded up 77 innovative playthings that'll keep you entertained till next holiday season. |
Home Toys
June 2006
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My Vacation Home -- My System In addition to this home's lighting, which is controlled by individual single-gang, eight-button switches, the air conditioning and heating, motorized drapes, audio & video, and Jacuzzi are easily controlled by the Vantage Smart Home System. |
BusinessWeek
July 21, 2003
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Digital Homes Net hookups are spreading from the study to the living room, bedroom, and kitchen |
This Old House
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Eight Homeowners Save Over $12,275 on Energy How? By putting power-saving technologies to work inside their homes. Read on to see if you can do the same. |
Home Toys
April 2005
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The Home Technology Integrator Professional Focus for Flexible, Reliable Systems Over the next 10 years or so, your relationship with your home technology integrator may become more important to your lifestyle and how you utilize your home. |
Home Toys
February 2004 |
The 'Whole Home Systems' Vision Part 1 - An illustration... Whole Home Systems are technologies that are integrated throughout the home to work together seamlessly and easily for your benefit. |
Home Toys
June 2005 |
InfoComm 2005 Show Report A review of home entertainment products featured at InfoComm 2005 ranging from home theater to software that automates security and lighting. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2010
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Denmark's Net-Zero-Energy Home With Home for Life, VKR Holding aims to bring carbon-neutral houses to the masses |
Wired
December 2005
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Wired Tools 2005 Samsung a940 digital camera... LG VX9800... Sony Qualia 005... Pioneer Elite Pro-1130HD... Amazing Amanda electronic doll... Roboraptor... CD-T300 CD player... Pulsar 590A... Shot glass ice tray... Memory card holder... Burton snowboard jacket... etc. |
Home Toys
June 2005 |
A Consumer Guide: Choosing the Right Large Screen Display for Your Home You don't have to be a "techie" to use a large screen display. In fact, many are as easy to use as a regular TV. |
This Old House
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Now You See It, Now You Don't Flat-screen TVs can disappear when the show is over. They're revolutionizing the look of the TV room, as people discover inventive ways to integrate the sleek (and, for now, pricey) monitors into their homes. |
This Old House
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Media Toys for the Bathroom The media room has migrated into the bath, with all the splash-proof entertainment you need. |
Home Theater
June 2003
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Emotion in Motion If you desperately want to reconfigure your home theater but your room presents too many constrictions, you need creative solutions. These products can help. |
This Old House
Max Alexander |
A Wall of Windows Goes Into the TOH Cambridge House Catch up on advances in home-window manufacturing. |
This Old House
Amy R. Hughes |
Take It Outside An outdoor kitchen is a great gathering spot for friends and family. Here's how to design and equip one. |
Home Theater
October 2001
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Sony PFM-42B1 42-Inch Plasma HD Monitor Of the plasma panels I have seen, this one is good... |
This Old House
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Old House, New Space When this family outgrew their home, they decided to add on rather than move on -- improving the place's awkward floor plans in the process. |
This Old House
December 2007
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Retrofitting Radiant Heating Installing water-filled tubing underfoot to heat a room requires some creativity when the flooring's already in place, but it can be done. |
Home Toys
April 2004 |
Home Technology Integration The objective of this article is to provide you with a primer regarding the issues that must be considered when contemplating the installation of a Home Automation System. |
This Old House
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Radiant Floor Heating Keeping your feet warm saves energy as it provides the ultimate in comfort. |
Home Toys
December 2005
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Have a Home Theater Plan The decision to buy a new home theater is just the beginning. Next comes deciding on how much to spend, what to get, where to get it, who's going to install it, and so much more. |
Home Toys
April 2003 |
Interview: David Frangioni An interview with home theater consultant and designer David Frangioni. |
The Motley Fool
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Lower Your Heating Costs As winter settles in, here are some money-saving tips for keeping the cold out. |
AskMen.com
Karin Eldor |
Centerpiece Items For Your Pad Take a tour of all the rooms in your pad that can be updated with the help of a centerpiece item. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2006
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Goodbye, CRT The cathode-ray tube is on the way out. What will replace it? (Hint: it won't be plasma). Here's a look at all of the players. |
Home Theater
June 26, 2006
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A House Full of Sony New home buyers with $20,000 to $40,000 to spare for home entertainment can turn to Sony's expandable, installation-ready NHS-3020 home theater system. |
Home Toys
August 2002
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Simple Interfaces, Part II Close coordination between home automation contractors is a must, and you must be able to 'work well with others'. There is a lot of planning involved, both before the project starts and during the installation. |
This Old House
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Light, Views, and Air Unfortunately, the power of windows is often most evident when the size, type, or location is miscalculated. So be sure to apply these three rules when you're choosing new windows. |
Home Toys
February 2003
David Teel |
The Music Bone is Connected to the... Before purchasing your whole-house music system, be sure to understand the exact functionality of your system. Decide if music is the only sub-system in your house, or if you might want to integrate other sub-systems in the future (lighting, security, HVAC, video, etc.). |
This Old House
Elaine Martin Petrowski |
Making Baths Work Finding the opportunities and avoiding the mistakes when planning a new bath |
Home Toys
June 2006
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Programmable Logic Controller By integrating the remote with the programmable logic controller, you can control the lights and curtains in the same room as the audio/video equipment. |
This Old House
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Kitchen Design: How to Avoid a Dozen Pitfalls Regrets? Anyone who's ever remodeled a kitchen can fess up to a few. Let this hard-earned hindsight help you steer clear of similar screw-ups. |
AskMen.com
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Easy Home Decorating Ideas Let the following ideas inspire you to upgrade your place and constantly improve your image -- you are where you live, right? |
BusinessWeek
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War Of The Screens As LCD makers gear up to make bigger, cheaper, flat-panel displays, the plasma kings vow to fight back. |
Home Toys
October 2004 |
Which Radiant Floor Heating System is Best for Me? The answer lies in the type of project you are doing. Not every system is ideal for every project, but there is an ideal system for every project. |
Home Toys
December 2005 |
Lights, Plasma, Action! Proper lighting control is essential to a well-designed home theater. And among the myriad choices in lighting control, it is easy to find a system within your budget. |
This Old House
Duo Dickinson |
Powder Room Plus Typically the extra bath is all business, designed for utility rather than aesthetics. Surfaces need to be durable, easily cleanable, and able to accommodate towels, laundry, and other incidentals. Here are some design tips for making the space easy to maintain and pleasant to use. |
Home Theater
April 2003
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Lighting for Dummies Simple tools to create the ideal lighting environment for your home theater |
