All Articles Tagged Promixis
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Home Automation Brings Dignity, Independence to Residents with ALS
Julie Jacobson | 10/18 07:51 AM,
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Steve Saling escorts me to the house he shares with nine other people, chatting along the way, as he takes me up the elevator and through the motorized front doors of his pad. He shows off the entertainment system in his bedroom, streams some Pandora radio through the in-wall speakers, and adjusts the lights, shades and thermostat just so. His home automation system is pretty typical, but Saling is not: He has ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Like most of his housemates, Saling has no…
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Tagged: Lighting • Upb • Aging In Place • Pcs • Promixis • Global Cache • Als
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Are You Afraid of Automation Startups?
Julie Jacobson | 11/10 10:25 AM,
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Colorado vNet's closure, and subsequent acquisition by Russound, has led CE pros to wonder if they should do business with home-control startups. The debate rages with 65 comments and counting across several of our vNet stories. They are concerned — and they should be — that: Their inventory is worthlessWork in progress is a complete write-offExisting installations must be built from scratch as soon as a single controller failsSome industry folks suggest never doing business with newcomers; others say never do business with VC-funded companies. So, assuming vNet does not…
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Tagged: Home Automation • Litetouch • Crestron • Colorado Vnet • Z-wave • Urc • Elan • Charmed Quark
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