The Ultimate Smart Home - HEXUS.community discussion forums

Welcome to the HEXUS.community discussion forums forums.

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, respond to polls and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!

		HEXUS.community discussion forums > HEXUS.channels > HEXUS.net
The Ultimate Smart Home

HEXUS.net Latest! Latest! Get your fix on what’s happening in planet HEXUS and beyond

LinkBack

Thread Tools

14-04-2005, 10:12 AM

#1 (permalink)

Steve

HEXUS webmaster

Join Date: Nov 2003

Location: Bristol

Posts: 11,403

Thanks: 18

Thanked 94 Times in 61 Posts

Steve's system

The Ultimate Smart Home

How John Patrick took a systems view of building his home to provide distributed services but centralized control.

You know you're going to have a bad day when the toaster calls you an idiot. Just how smart can a home get?

At Tom's we have written quite a bit about using computers in the home. I wanted to describe the ultimate smart home that I've seen and draw some lessons for you, the enthusiast and early adopter.

The scene is a suburban house that was built from scratch by John Patrick, who retired from running IBM's Internet business several years ago. And the first lesson is that you have to design your home systems - not just computing but distribution of water, power, and other services - like IBM designed its mainframe computers, with centralized management but distributed control. We truly have come full circle with desktop computing.

[The article]

------------------------------

Breadcrumb

		HEXUS.community discussion forums > HEXUS.channels > HEXUS.net
The Ultimate Smart Home

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Working from Home - Making your office work for you	Steve	HEXUS.net	0	07-02-2005 12:58 PM
Design the ULTIMATE home made cooling system.	Kumagoro	HEXUS.hardware	0	02-05-2004 02:30 PM
DVD drive for home entertainment system	darkside	HEXUS.hardware	10	01-01-2004 06:46 PM
Hexus Home Entertainment is full of Smart @rses ;-)	Zak33	General discussion	1	13-09-2003 12:10 PM
Wired+Wireless home network purchasing recommendations...	D001	Networking and Broadband	4	01-09-2003 10:03 AM

All times are GMT. The time now is 03:40 PM.