In the previous parts of this series I described my objectives for and anticipated benefits of my home automation system (part 1), detailed the implementation (part 2), and described real benefits and some technical “lessons learned” (part 3). Three years have passed since I wrote part 3, so it is time to look at what has changed: what do I see as the real benefits of the home automation today? What new technologies have I introduced, if any? What additional
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Light control for indoor plants
Winter is approaching, so I needed to bring my kitchen herbs collection inside, and I thought some artificial light might help to keep them thriving during the dark part of the year.
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We all need to minimize energy consumption these days, so what you really don’t want is for the freezer door to be not completely closed, accidentally, wasting a lot of electrical energy.
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When my alarm clock goes off in the morning, the lamp on my bedside table also turns on, to help me wake up, and its color indicates outside temperature: from red for warm through yellow and green to blue and violet for “it’s freezing outside”.
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