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DEFINITION: Home automation is the use of one or more computers to control basic home functions and features automatically and sometimes remotely. An automated home is sometimes called a smart home .Home automation can include the scheduling and automatic operation of water sprinkling, heating and air conditioning, window coverings, security systems, lighting, and food preparation appliances. Home automation may
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Smart Appliances White Papers
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Smarter Commerce for Consumer Electronics White Paper
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER:
When we talk about the world becoming increasingly interconnected, instrumented and intelligent, the most ubiquitous example is the smartphone. It collects and disseminates data while its users are at home and on the go, serving up just as much socially driven info as static, always-there web content. This white paper outlines smarter commerce.
Posted: 30 Jan 2012 | Published: 30 Jan 2012
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SMART APPLIANCES DEFINITION (continued): … also allow vital home functions to be controlled remotely from anywhere in the world using a computer connected to the Internet. Besides the functions already mentioned, remote control can be extended to telephones and answering machines, fax machines, amateur radios and other communications equipment, and home robot s such as automatic vacuum cleaners.The fundamental components of a well-designed home automation system include a computer (or computers) with the appropriate programming, the various devices and systems to be controlled, interconnecting cables or wireless links, a high-speed Internet … Smart Appliances definition sponsored by WhatIs.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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