I'm playing with this: http://arduino.cc/
On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > FWIW the smarthome standard has been around for a while, see > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X10_(industry_standard). > > A few years ago there was a CFX that allowed you to control a home X-10 > controller via ColdFusion. It probably doesn't work now but there are a > number of Java classes available that can do the same thing. So it > shouldn't be too difficult to create a CF interface with the controller. > > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> So Google bought NEST recently. >> >> This story (*http://tinyurl.com/nlb7ucc <http://tinyurl.com/nlb7ucc>) got >> me thinking about this. I have always thought that smart homes were both >> cool and creepy. Cool of course because of the geek factor, like the >> opening paragraph of the story shows, but creepy because my home is >> essentially alive (in the digital world sense). One of the issues is said >> well by this paragraph: "*But the challenges are looming large -- and hard >> to solve. What's the best way to get devices talking to each other without >> seeming too overly proprietary but still understandable and user-friendly? >> What happens to the data about when I leave my house or go to bed or what's >> in my fridge? Is that data safe? Is that data for sale? If not now, when >> and for what trade-off"? >> >> That last sentence plays well into what the author says on how Google can >> screw the deal up, Fumble on Privacy. This is my biggest concern, that my >> house and all it's cook techy gadgets are telling on me. >> >> I will surely keep my eye on how the smart home pans out, and maybe one day >> I'll dip my toes into the proverbial pool and see what's all the hoopla >> about. >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369207 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
