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Another Open Forum
Articles about Home Technology Systems

Share your knowledge and experience by sending an article to news@hometoys.com

Features: 

CEDIA 2003 - HomeToys Report - Steve McConaughey reports on the highlights of the show.

ZigBee Technology - Wireless Control that Simply Works by Patrick Kinney

Standards Schmandards - Standards provide a level playing field for both the builder and the installer ... by John Stagl

Halloween Automation - Halloween is the perfect time to automate your scariest ideas - Stefan Willmert

Electronic Assistive Technology - Smart homes and disabled people - by Guy Dewsbury, Elizabeth Sergeant, Gordon Baxter and Stan Johnston

Buying Home Tech Equip on the Net - Selling boxes is easy. Buying boxes is easy. Integrating the boxes may not be so easy ... David Teel

Protection during Electrical Outages - The quality of electrical power has either remained the same or in most cases has become worse - Ramon Esparolini

MP3 Music Throughout My House - MP3 music from a computer in the home office is distributed throughout the house on existing cat3 phone wires ... Prasanna M. Shah

Ultra-Wideband Solutions - A Parks Associates White Paper by Kurt Sherf

Public Hot Spots - 1 Truth - 2 Myths - by Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai

PLC Registers - PLCs offer a fixed amount of registers, depending on the model and configuration ... Eugene Kowch

Home Automation on the PC - This article discusses home automation, what's available for the PC today, what we can do and what we can't - By Kevin Moss

Purchasing a Video Processor - Video Processors, The Swiss Army Knife of your Home Theater - by Isaac Saboohi and Sean Walsh

Product Data & Project Templates - Building Blocks for Developing Business Process
by Peter Cosenza and Keith Davis

Installing Cable Raceways - Future-Proofing for Your Home with Carlon® Resi-Gard® by Renee Bruno

Powerline Carrier - Cepco powerline automation system by Paul Belcher

Reviews:
Philips iPronto - 3 devices in one ... a remote control, a program guide and a web browser by Bob Hetherington

Interviews:
Connected Homes: European Perspective - An interview with Roger Torrenti, CEO, Sigma Consultants and Karine Valin, General Manager, Homega Research By Thomas Gilroy, IT journalist, Sophia Antipolis

Chip Brown CEO Sonance - Sonance wants to be an "end-to-end" solution provider for multi-zone products, providing products from source components, to control/switching systems, to playback products likes amps and speakers.

Projects:
Home Technology Demonstration Project - HomeToys is building a Home Theater, Multi Room Audio and Home Control Demonstration Lab.

News:
Press Releases from around the industry. There's a lot going on out there to learn about.

New Products:
The latest and greatest ... some for sale now ... some just around the corner

Wireless Networking Mentor 
Series of articles by Wayne Caswell

Product Showcase - Home Automation,  Networking and Entertainment Products and Services

Resource Libraries
Links, Software, Tips & Tricks, Articles, Reviews and more.

Learning Center - A guided tour to help you learn about Home Automation and Networking. 

Dealer Locator - Find an authorized Dealer using this handy resource

Alternative Energy Emagazine - EarthToys
EarthToys is our sister web magazine.