The first commercially available RFID kit aimed at the home automation market is now availale...

"This RFID Starter kit inludes virtually everything you need to get started with RFID and automation whether it is in your home or business. The kit includes HomeSeer v1.7.3, Our RFID Software Plug-In, One R500HA Long Range RFID Reader, and The R500HA Breakout Cable with Power Supply (Works in UK too). Just add a variety of long range RFID tags from our selection online for autos, people, and physical assets.

Customized for iAutomate.com and home automation applications, the HA Edition R500 Long Range RFID Reader is used in conjunction with HomeSeer Software or Crestron Systems (Sold Separately) and is specifically designed for detection (or absence) of people, vehicles, and personal assets. The R500 RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) Reader provides near field or long range coverage for real-time detection of people, pets, vehicles or anything else you can identify with one of the various RFID tags...

With HomeSeer Software you can:

• Control the lights, HVAC, garage door or security system when your car approaches or leaves your home.
• Detect if vehicle is in the garage.
• Detect a person entering or leaving a room or area.
• Arm or Disarm Security by individual tag.
• Automatically open a "pet" door when your pet approaches the door.
• Control, Lights, Music, and Temperature
• Based upon the presence or absence of a tag - watch your friends be amazed at the total comfort you have in your home when your environment follows you from room to room! Track the location of domestic help or children by logging in to your HomeSeer system from anywhere in the world.
• Get notified by email or phone* when a child gets home from school.
• Use an alarm tag with loved ones needing assistance and provide them with both the means of alerting you when they are in trouble and for you to monitor them for normal, uninhibited activity.
• Inhibit Video, Audio or other controls if a tag is not present.
• Track physical assets and perform Notification if one is "removed" from an area. Get notified if pets wander outside of a given range.
• Sound an alert when kids wander outside of a given range or wander near hazards such as swimming pools and streets.
• Get reminders to take out the trash if the garbage can is still detected at the house on garbage night.
• Using Optional Keyfob, Log When Teens leave and arrive back home.
• And Much Much More