Smart Home Blog

GE Consumer & Industrial – leader in major appliance, lighting and integrated industrial equipment presented its point of view on a kitchen of the future. It’ll be the interconnected suite of interactive products: Refrigerator which knows what has been placed in the unit and updates an electronic list of all contents, Speedcook Oven which knows all about prepared food from the package, Water System with refinement based on ultraviolet light and so on. You can watch the video with illustrates this concept.

Isys i/O TPMC-4X handheld WiFi touchpanel is more than universal remote control. It’s the first handheld touchpanel controller that offers true 2-way WiFi communication to control AV, lighting, HVAC, shades and screens from anywhere in the building. TPMC-4X comes with an interesting user interface that uses dynamic graphics and system status feedback. The controller features:

• Stylish and ergonomic handheld design

• 3.5″ active matrix touchscreen display, 240 x 320 resolution

• 16-bit Isys i/O graphics | Synapse image rendering algorithm

• Microsoft Windows CE .NET operating system

• 802.11b Wi-Fi 2-way wireless communications

• Wireless video support

• Backlit hard buttons, thumbpad, and toggle wheel

• Includes stylus with onboard storage slot

• Includes docking station and Li-Ion battery pack

The Neo 17 LCD monitor from CyberTouch was designed specifically for use in the home-automation and home-theater industry. This 17″ touch screen monitor comes in a lovely widescreen format (16:9) and can be wall-mounted when the situation calls for it. It supports a maximum resolution of 1280 x 768 pixels and operates on a mere 31 watts, thus eliminating the need for a fan, making it noiseless when in operation. Each Neo 17 comes with software drivers for Windows, Linux, and Mac platforms.

The Kameleon 8-in-1 Touchscreen Remote offers a sleek, screen-changing feature, but at a fraction of the price of its LCD counterparts. It can control eight different devices, but it only illuminates the set of keys needed to control your selected device on its electro-luminescent touch display panel:

Controls 8 devices but only required buttons for selected device are visible at any one time

Pre-programmed codes and learning capabilities make for easy, flexible setup

Supports 5 macros for 1-button operation of multi-step chains of commands

The price is very reasonalble for this kind of remote – $89.99. Enjoy your entertament with Kameleon 8-in-1 Touchscreen Remote!