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Touch Screen Graphics. Internet of Things - ThingSpeak. iDorm. Custom Security Design Center. You are here: Home / Design Center We’d like to invite you to visit our Security Design Center.

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Here, you’ll see firsthand many of the leading-edge products we have to offer. Experience Control4, our home and business automation system that lets you control virtually any appliance or device — from locks to lights, doors to drapes, even alarm systems — whether you’re at home, work, or even remotely via your mobile device. Our dynamic home theater with surround sound and a wide range of speakers will blow you away. Shaun Salzberg. HomeMaestro is a prototype of a home automation system that I built as part of my research to address the numerous issues plaguing current home automation systems.

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It consists of two main features: 1) a tangible, appliance-scripting interface, and 2) an "app store" for quickly and easily downloading functionality to the home. Or, as I like to pitch it, HomeMaestro is a platform for intuitively defining home appliance behavior. Converging Devices, Connecting Lives. More people using TV and tablets at same time. Do you check e-mail while you watch TV?

More people using TV and tablets at same time

If so, you're far from alone. Nielsen's fourth-quarter poll of mobile users in the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Italy discovered that people are increasingly checking e-mail or searching for program or product information on their tablets and phones while watching TV. In the United States, 88 percent of tablet owners and 86 percent of smartphone owners said they used their device at least once while watching TV over the prior 30 days. Almost half (45 percent) of tablet users said that they use their device in front of the TV on a daily basis. And 25 percent said they do it several times a day. Among smartphone owners, 41 percent said they use their phone while tuned into the TV at least once every day. Those in the United Kingdom also had a habit of multitasking. Insights and Stats About Home Automation Systems. 5 Big Trends You'll See at CES 2013. Despite its uncertain future, the annual CES is always the year's first taste of the new technologies that will define it.

5 Big Trends You'll See at CES 2013

With hundreds of companies peddling thousands of products, it's easy to get lost in the noise of pre-show chatter, but out of the chaos, various patterns are emerging, and some will grow to become bona fide "trends. " International CES 2013 officially begins on Tuesday, Jan. 8, but like the presidential primaries, companies are unveiling new products earlier and earlier in advance of the show in order to be heard before the din of the show gets too loud. LG, for example, began announcing TV news as early as Christmas, and Samsung dropped news about PCs and cameras early in the New Year.

Besides products, you can pick out trends based on who is (and isn't) at the show. Besides products, you can pick out trends based on who is (and isn't) at the show. Put enough of these smaller players in one place, and they amount to a considerable force. European Commission - Conferences webTV Portal. Www.sobhadevelopers.com/about/pdf/Press Releases/Habitech_19-03-2012.pdf. A Smart Home Experience Using Egocentric Interaction Design Principles. The New Home in 2015. Special Studies, March 2, 2011 By Rose Quint, Assistant Vice President for Survey Research Economics and Housing PolicyNational Association of Home Builders Report available to the public as a courtesy of HousingEconomics.com The current housing downturn has affected not only the number of new homes that are built each year, but also the characteristics, features, and size of the ones that do get built.

The New Home in 2015

Many in the industry are wondering about how the new home will evolve over the next few years and whether those changes will stick once the economy bounces back to a more solid footing. Some of the most relevant findings include: Survey Methodology. Web design tutorials, web development and programming tutorials. 15 top web design and development trends for 2012. 5: A Radical Police Rebranding That Starts With A Superb Website. To find out the biggest trend in branding, look no further than Microsoft’s streamlined parallelogram logo, NASA’s new, out-of-this-world identity, Wikipedia’s morphing mark with 3.2 million possible permutations, and American Airlines’ hyper-cool, retro-styled overhaul.

5: A Radical Police Rebranding That Starts With A Superb Website

They (and a few others included in this roundup) have one thing in common: They’re the hypothetical musing of designers who weren’t actually commissioned for their rebrands; rather, they forewent the high fees big firms command for such jobs (and the difficult clients and briefs that come with them) to fully flex their design muscles and generate the kinds of identities that can result only from creative carte blanche. Inventive, inspiring identities weren’t solely hypothetical, nor were they designed just for daring small companies (though there were some compelling examples of those). In fact, a few corporate chains overhauled their identities to reflect a sensitivity to local tastes and cultures.

Www.ida.liu.se/~matar/persona_sheet.pdf. Www.ida.liu.se/~matar/concept_sheet.pdf.