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Over the years I've seen many points at which Home Automation was reportedly
finally breaking into the mainstream. HA has two main markets. The “millionaire”
and the “hobbyist”. The middle ground (and undoubtedly the biggest market) is
still to join the party. Several articles have appeared recently that once again
herald the imminent arrival of HA to the mass market….
“Home automation, or the linking of devices that support entertainment and
media as well as appliances, is poised for the upswing, ready to break out of
the limited early adopter market and start infiltrating the upper middle class,
say market watchers. That's because industry groups-namely the Zigbee Alliance
(see ZigBee Buzz) and the Open Services Gateway Initiative (OSGI)-are pushing to
develop standards that will enable disparate devices to talk to each other, says
Erik Michielsen, principal analyst at ABI Research"... |
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