Archive for the 'Home Automation' Category

Alarm clock home automation

I often visit The Home Automation Store website to see all the different little gadgets and read about them to see what can be done to automate an individuals home.  (Usually I end up saying something to my husband about how fun it would be to have an automated home where the lights and appliances can be controlled with [...]

X10 Lights the Way

We moved into our new house just a year ago after much fanfare. We’d bought a house adjoining a meadow with a lovely view of the valley by the side. A lake about 400 yards away and a track leading right to our door step. It looked wonderful during the day! We had first seen [...]

Remote Control Lights in the Night

Changing a baby in the middle of the night can be interesting.  You want to change them so they don’t wet through and wake up again later when they’re wet, yet you don’t want to turn on a bright light that makes the baby think it’s time to wake up and play.  At the same [...]