For a company that helped pioneer technology for transmitting uncompressed high definition (HD) video with one wire over long distances, you can see pride and excitement in its news that Crestron’s third-generation technology, called DigitalMedia 8G+, enables transmission of uncompressed 1080p/60 digital video up to 330 feet using standard unshielded CAT5e wire.
When the darling of Wall Street and geeks took the stage at the early June Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Steve Jobs' message was to embrace the cloud. What he called a “breakthrough,” Jobs walked through a multi-media presentation on his firm’s iCloud, a set of free services that work seamlessly with applications on consumers’ iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC so that users can automatically and wirelessly store content in iCloud and automatically and wirelessly push it to all types of devices.
Shipments of home automation systems will total about 1.8 million worldwide this year. And, according to ABI Research of Scottsdale, Ariz., that will set to rise sharply soon, exceeding 12 million in 2016.
Indianapolis-based Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA) released a new white paper — Network Security Best Practices. The document covers best practices for implementing wireless local area network (WLAN) security in a residential environment based on the IEEE 802.11x and 802.3 standards.
The talk is about communication. Boston-based Ember Corp., with its low-power, wireless mesh networking technology, and Visonic Ltd., the Bloomfield, Conn., maker of wireless home security and safety systems and components, now have a partnership to integrate ZigBee communication protocols with Visonic security peripherals. The new devices will be dedicated for use with the iControl OpenHome software platform from iControl Networks of Palo Alto, Calif.
Fit Jeff Graham in between Thomas Edison and Walt Disney. All are holders of patents but Graham has blended lighting with eye-catching entertainment into a star ceiling, which can ramp up a home theater, add charm to a little girl’s bedroom or even humanize a business conference room.
Home health is among trends spotlighted in the first in a series of videos from Indianapolis-based Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA) and its Technology Advisory Group.
Rockleigh, N.J.-based Crestron rolled out its Mobile and Mobile Pro control apps, which provide systems designers and programmers with capabilities that simplify and expand the design possibilities of Crestron and Prodigy touchscreen interfaces on Apple mobile devices.
Omni-Bus Lighting Control Network, for the 220-240V/50Hz international marketplace, hardwired or wireless, are in four segments from HAI of New Orleans: core products (required), load control modules, switch interfaces and accessories.