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An information appliance (IA) is any device that can process

• information
• signals
• graphics
• animation
• video and
• audio;

and can exchange such information with another IA device. Typical devices could be smartphones, smartcard, PDAs, and so on. Digital cameras, ordinary cellular phones, set-top boxes, and LCD TVs are not information appliances unless they become capable of communications and information functions. Information appliances may overlap in definition or are sometimes referred to as smart devices, mobile devices, wireless devices, internet appliances, web appliances, handhelds, handheld devices or smart handheld devices.

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• X10 X10 Wireless Technology company website
• C-Bus – C-Bus is a protocol developed by Clipsal Australia. C-Bus is a microprocessor-based control and management system for Buildings and Homes. It is used to control lighting and other electrical services such as pumps, Audio Visual Devices, Motors, etc. http://www.cbus-enabled.com/what-cbus.htm – Clipsal’s C-Bus ‘what is’ page
• CEBus – CEBus Industry Council
• INSTEON
• Tebis
• KNX – KNX fully complies to the EN 50090 series, the European Standard for Home and Building Electronic Systems. Konnex Association builds on more than 10 years of experience of the legacy standards Batibus, EIB and EHS, on the basis of which it was established.
• Xanura – Eaton Holec has developed Xanura and is the alternative to busbar systems in homes and, can be applied in existing lighting networks and be operated with any type of switching device.
• ZigBee – ZigBee is a published specification set of high level communication protocols designed to use small, low-power digital radios based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard for wireless personal area networks (WPANs)
• Z-Wave Z-WaveAlliance.org – The Z-wave mark guarantees interoperable home control technology. The standard for affordable wireless home controls available today.

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A domobot or domicrobot is a domotic microbot. Domotic means connected to a home automation network, and microbot means a mobile robot with a microcontroller – typically a PIC.

The concept of building very small robots, and leveraging off recent advances in Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) was introduced in the seminal paper: Anita M. Flynn, “Gnat Robots (and How They Will Change Robotics)” Proceedings of the IEEE Micro Robots and Teleoperators Workshop, Hyannis, MA, November 1987.

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• Work with your utility company to take advantage of off peak electricity rates and provide choices for comfort, safety, and energy management.
• Control curtains, window blinds, and sun shades from one location, all day, without human interaction.
• Opening or locking and unlocking gates and garage doors, under either separate or global control.
• Controlling indoor climate. Press one button to set the heating to night mode; the lights go out, the gates close….
• Control your hi-fi and home cinema from any room, using buttons, panels, or remote control.
• Ensuring that the right light is on in the right place; domotics can also ensure that the right lighting intensity and mood are achieved.
• Providing intelligent garden sprinklers and other plumbing; the lawn is watered only when it is needed, and you can enjoy a quiet stroll through your garden without risking a drenching.

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A house with domotics is expected to be able to call the police or the firemen by itself, with more subtleness and a wider variety of allowances than normal alarm systems. On a daily basis, domotic systems are often supposed to be able to automatically gather data from several sensors and do such things as adjust lights and music to the personal preferences of each member of the household, as they come into or leave a particular room.

The simplest systems require that each person wear a marker, such as an RFID tag, while the more sophisticated ones detect movement, body heat, and other individual characteristics.

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Domotics is the application of computer and robot technologies to domestic appliances. It is a portmanteau word formed from domus (Latin, meaning house) and robotics.

Remote Control
Most modern houses have appliances that allow some degree of remote control. Domotics aims to integrate and extend this throughout the house. A house with a domotics system installed might have many computers, perhaps built into the walls, to allow the homeowner to control applications in any part of their house from any other.

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