"Automation or automatic control, is the use of various control systems for operating equipment [...] with minimal or reduced human intervention. Some processes have been completely automated."
(Dimmed) Lights
Wall sockets
Shutters
Heating
no Client-Server
Bus
Sensors // Actors
Sensors and Actors (a Switch is not a switch anymore)
Switch / Sensor is intelligent and knows which actor to control
Program sensors/actors via a proprietary Windows Software called ETS (booo...)
- Presence Detection via WiFi - Presence Detection via Bluetooth - Collect Data - Let Nabaztag talk and blink - ...
Demo
Flows // Sequences
If later than 1 hour after sunset and shutters are up then message to TV and Nabaztag. If no manual interaction within the next 15 min shut down all Shutters
Turn on TV and start Netflix or Amazon or ...
Burglar Alarm
Everybody left home and door to the terrace is open then msg to smart phones
Cup of Coffee in the morning (and a message if it's ready)
Big Picture
The more time you invest the more ideas you get
Is Apple or Google smart enough to make it obsolete?