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Smart Home Hacks View Larger Image | Gordon Meyer
O'Reilly Media, Paperback, Published October 2004, 376 pages, ISBN 0596007221 | List Price: $24.95
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So much of what is commonplace today was once considered impossible, or at least
wishful thinking. Laser beams in the operating room, cars with built-in guidance
systems, cell phones with email access. There's just no getting around the fact
that technology always has, and always will be, very cool.
But technology isn't only cool; it's also very smart. That's why one of the
hottest technological trends nowadays is the creation of smart homes.
At an increasing rate, people are turning their homes into state-of-the-art
machines, complete with more switches, sensors, and actuators than you can shake
a stick at. Whether you want to equip your home with motion detectors for added
security, install computer-controlled lights for optimum convenience, or even
mount an in-home web cam or two purely for entertainment, the world is now your
oyster. Ah, but like anything highly technical, creating a smart home is typically
easier said than done.
Thankfully, Smart Home Hacks takes the guesswork out of the process. Through
a seemingly unending array of valuable tips, tools, and techniques, Smart Home
Hacks explains in clear detail how to use Mac, Windows, or Linux to achieve
the automated home of your dreams. In no time, you'll learn how to turn a loose
collection of sensors and switches into a well-automated and well-functioning
home no matter what your technical level may be.
Smart Home Hacks covers a litany of stand-alone and integrated smart home solutions
designed to enhance safety, comfort, and convenience in new and existing homes.
Kitchens, bedrooms, home offices, living rooms, and even bathrooms are all candidates
for smart automation and therefore are all addressed in Smart Home Hacks.
Intelligently written by engineering guru and James Bond wannabe, Gordon Meyer,
Smart Home Hacks leaves no stone unturned. From what to purchase to how to use
your remote control, it's the ultimate guide to understanding and implementing
complete or partial home automation.
About the Author
Gordon Meyer is a writer, ethnographer, and software engineer
who specializes in tools for creating and displaying onscreen documentation.
His house in Silicon Valley is fully automated and controlled by a talking computer
that wakes his family in the morning, keeps an eye on the dog during the day,
and alerts him to missed phone calls and package deliveries.
Gordon's past includes seminal work in the sociology of computer hackers, several
years of performing magic onstage and behind the counter of a magic shop, and
helping to manage and nurture communities on the GEnie and eWorld online services.
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