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Re: SuperHouse TV show
I don't want to rain on anyones parade, but IMO this is exactly the
kind
of thing that makes Joe Public say "what's the point" when
presented
with the "benefits" of home automation. Until someone can
articulate to
the media compelling reasons why HA is worth the time and trouble, we'll
be forever a niche interest.
dermot_bradley wrote:
> whilst reading the mythtv-users archive for this month I noticed the
> following:
>
> "Recently Jonathan has been working on presence-awareness for a
> Linux-based home-automation system that is going to be used in the
> project house for a new TV show called SuperHouse (www.superhouse.tv
for
> background). One thing he's experimented with is having a device
linked
> to a MythTV box that detects when there is a person present in front
of
> it, and if they move away (walk out of the room, for example) it
pauses
> automatically. Then if they walk back in it resumes playing."
>
> On the Supoerhouse www site the Episodes link has a whole list of
> planned topics...
>
>
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