Home automation

Vergleichsarbeit: Home automation - additional ideas

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Contents at a Glance
*Introduction*	7
Part I: Future-Perfect Homes	7
Chapter 1: Mi Casa, Cool Casa	9
Chapter 2: Zen and the Art of Whole-Home Networking	21
Chapter 3: Cool Stuff Home Networks Can Do	35
Chapter 4: Getting it Done: Timelines and Budgets	47
*Part II: Making Your Home an Entertainment Center*	57
Chapter 5: Breaking the Entertainment Bottleneck (Without Breaking the Bank)	59
Chapter 6: Getting Video Where You Want It	75
Chapter 7: Wiring a Video Network	87
Chapter 8: Planning to Bring Music to You	103
Chapter 9: Running Audio Here, There and Everywhere	117
*Part III: Now We're communicating*	129
Chapter 10: Planning a Phone System for Your Home	131
Chapter 11: Making the Phone Connection	151
*Part IV: Livin' Off the Fat of the LAN*	171
Chapter 12: A Cornucopia of Computers	173
Chapter 13: All Roads Lead to the Net	183
Chapter 14: Designing a Data LAN for Your Home	201
Chapter 15: Home LAN Hardware and Choices	211
*Part V: Keeping the Bad Guys at Bay: Security*	231
Chapter 16: Home Security Boot Camp	233
Chapter 17: Shopp9ng for Home Security	239
Chapter 18: Wiring a Security System	257
Part VI: Putting It All Together: Home Automation and Control	267
Chapter 19: Home Automation Extravaganza	269
Chapter 20: Making Home Automation a Reality	287

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En UII/Br/Et/Km/Sz Vergleichsarbeit 10/2 18 March 2003, 4th period

Theme: Technology Tomorrow

Text: Echelon™ Advertisement (www.cybermanor.com/capitola/Remote_Control/remote_control.html)

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Imagine…it’s a cold winter’s day and you've had a rough week at work. You start looking forward to the end of the day when you can drive over to your family’s beachside retreat, enter a warm, well-lit cottage and relax in the hot tub overlooking the Pacific Ocean. You realize, however, that the cottage and hot tub have not been heated since the last time you were there over a month ago and that it can take hours to heat the cottage and the hot tub to a comfortable temperature. No problem. You finish your memo, launch your web browser and pull down your favorite site entitled, “Remote Control of Our Beach House Cottage” and this is what you see:

Words:

retreat – holiday home (offering quiet and peace); memo – short written note; launch – start; privacy mode - protects the occupant's privacy by disabling certain functions, e.g. some cameras); 54 ° F – ca. 12 ° C; idle – not working; spa - tub for relaxation, usually including a device for raising whirlpools in the water

Assignments:

1. Describe in detail the technological innovation that Echelon are advertising considering both the text and the illustration (sreenshot).

2. Discuss the practicability of the innovations presented in the above ad and those dealt with in class.