|
Home Automation
Toys
Bootcamp feature for
Wednesday, April 17, 2002
Home automation
toys…for gadget people. Bloomberg Boot Camp, a report on
today’s technology. A company called X10 Wireless Technology
has been making devices for years that use wireless signals and
the AC wiring in your home….to control everything from lights
to coffee pots…to security cameras. And it’s all do it
yourself stuff…that’s easy to install and works well most of
the time. X10’s Jeff Denenholz…
“We’ve just introduced a FloodCam, an
all in one unit that hard wires where your normal floodlight
would at the top of your garage. Connect that…a wireless
receiving unit, plug that into the back of a television about
a hundred feet away and you can program the floodlight to
detect motion, turn the light on, turn the camera on and send
the image to a television.
All for about 80 dollars. X10 is also selling
a new motorized camera that can be controlled with a remote or
even, with added software over the Web. The kit sells at X10.com
for about 260 dollars. [...]
©2002 Fred
Fishkin
|
