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“Look out honey, ‘cause I’m using technology.” — “Search and Destroy,” Iggy and the Stooges, 1973

Dispatch from Buffalo, N.Y.

 I travel extensively around the lower 48 and Canada performing training classes for our industry. As a result, I have taken hundreds of cab rides in the past seven years.

Motivational writer Napoleon Hill wrote in his 1937 bestseller, Think and Grow Rich, that “You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.” Fast-forward several decades and one could apply that same quote with a few liberties; for example, swap destiny, environment and life with the word “home” to describe what technology can do for the residential security market.

Ambarella Inc. announced availability of the S2Lm-based battery-powered IP camera reference design. The reference design enables fast development of a new generation of small, high-quality, battery-powered full HD security cameras suitable for both professional and consumer security applications.

The Systems Depot recently announced the New Helix Platform from Resolution Products is ready to ship.

 Helix can be installed anywhere in a home, providing a more discreet, secure and cost-effective installation, the company described, adding that Helix provides security and automation with breakthrough performance.  

I am back to buying lottery tickets. The debut of the Dodge Challenger Hellcat has stimulated my muscle car genes from years gone by.

When Jason Rivera and Ben Brookhart of Power Home Technologies LLC, Raleigh, N.C., were thinking of ways to generate additional revenue for their growing home security business, they knew they wanted a reliable, low voltage solution that made homeowners say, “I don’t know how I ever lived without it.” They were willing to invest in training, personnel and marketing support if the solution fit.

The card reader can and often should be a bigger part of the conversation between the security integrator and his customer.

 At Samsung Techwin America’s recent STEP Partner conference held last month in Cancun, Mexico, SDM received an exclusive preview of what the company will be introducing at ISC West and beyond. 

Honeywell, Melville, N.Y., welcomed Apex Investigation & Security Inc., Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, as a Honeywell authorized security dealer. For more than 37 years, the company has provided quality security systems and services to commercial, industrial, retail and residential customers in northwestern Ontario, Honeywell described of its new dealer.