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| Home Energy Management Can Power Next-Level RMR |
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(Jun 17, 2010) Jim Nye, VP of Business Development for APX Alarm and Mary Miller, Director of Marketing for the Z-Wave Alliance are quoted in this informative article regarding home energy management....
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| Z-Wave Alliance Showcases Expanded Ecosystem at CES 2010 |
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(Jan 14, 2010) International Demos, Inaugural Home2Grid Summit Sponsorship and CABA Open House...
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| Z-Wave Alliance Sponsors Green Tech Zone at EHX Fall |
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(Aug 13, 2008) Z-Wave Alliance to demo home control solutions and offer training on green technologies....
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| Cooper Wiring Devices Announces New ASPIRE RF Products At CEDIA ‘08 |
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(Aug 13, 2008) Cooper Wiring Devices announced it will be showing exciting new additions to its ASPIRE RF™ wireless control system at the 2008 CEDIA (Custom Electronic Design and Installation) Expo in Denver, Colorado from September 3-7....
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| Zensys Announces Strategic Investment Led by Panasonic’s Venture Group |
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(Mar 31, 2008) Global consumer electronics leader looks forward to working with Zensys...
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| HomeToys Discusses Home Automation and Z-Wave |
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(Oct 25, 2007) Popular online tech site examines options and opportunities for mass-market home control...
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| Digi-Key and Zensys Sign Global Distribution Agreement |
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(Oct 23, 2007) Distribution deal to meet increased demand for Z-Wave enabled products...
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| Z-Wave Is At The Forefront Of The Green Revolution |
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(Oct 10, 2007) Wide range of interoperable products based on Z-Wave technology accelerates deployment of home energy conversation and management solutions...
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| Z-Wave Featured On HGTV |
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(Oct 8, 2007) Commercial spaces become residential, and Z-Wave is there to help...
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| CompUSA To Offer Ultimate Home Control System |
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(Aug 20, 2007) Intermatic, Inc., and Hawking Technologies have announced a joint offering to bring home automation to CompUSA retail stores...
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| Electrical Contractor Takes a Look At Z-Wave |
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(Jul 27, 2007) Elite home buyers want the latest monitoring technology, and Z-Wave manufacturers are ready for them...
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| EE Times Feature Contrasts Z-Wave And Competition |
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(Jul 27, 2007) Is there a race for the wireless home control market? A feature in EE Times implies that it may already be over...
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| Z-Wave Third Generation Shipping In Volume |
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(Jul 12, 2007) Next generation of wireless home control technology now readily available to consumers...
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| EE Times Europe Covers UnplugFest |
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(Jun 21, 2007) Interoperability and new product development highlighted by leading engineering journal....
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| ZigBee Frustrations Coming To A Boil |
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(Jun 20, 2007) Electronics Weekly reports manufacturer frustrations regarding standards and market delivery...
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| CNET Reviews iControl's Advanced Starter Kit |
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(Jun 18, 2007) Hands-on review of integrated home control system based on Z-Wave...
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| TWICE Takes In New Z-Wave Landscape |
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(Jun 18, 2007) Leading CE trade publication looks at upcoming chip and market plans...
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| Hawking Begins Shipping HomeRemote System |
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(May 28, 2007) Monitor, secure, and control your home locally or from anywhere in the world....
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| Z-Wave Converges With TCP/IP To Create A New Global Standard |
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(May 16, 2007) Developments Reinforce Z-Wave’s Market Leadership in Wireless Home Control...
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| Electronic House Looks At Jasco's GE Z-Wave SmartHome |
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(May 11, 2007) Jasco's affordable new GE SmartHome line brings Z-Wave control to the masses, says Electronic House....
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| HAI First to Integrate With Vizia RF Lighting |
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(May 8, 2007) The Spring Electronic House Expo marked the official roll-out of Leviton's Z-Wave based Vizia RF lighting control system....
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| Wayne-Dalton's idrive With Z-Wave a Best Buy |
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(May 5, 2007) Consumers Digest, a well-respected national publication with a circulation of more than 1.2 million, honored Wayne-Dalton in its April 2007 issue by naming the idrive® garage door opener as a “Best Buy.”...
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| DIY Enthusiast Wins Z-Wave "Rock Star" Contest |
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(Apr 24, 2007) Lights, cameras and lots of automated actions win a California DIY'er the top honors in the Z-Wave Rock Star contest....
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| Metropolitan Magazine Celebrates The Digital Home |
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(Apr 20, 2007) In 2007 the computer gave up taking over the world. Instead the world took over the computer....
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| New Tests Cast Doubts on ZigBee, 15.4 |
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(Mar 22, 2007) Recent tests by a European OEM group has confirmed debilitating signal interference with IEEE 802.15.4 devices when used in a conventional wireless network....
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| Zensys, Z-Wave Win Prestigious Frost & Sullivan Award |
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(Mar 8, 2007) Frost & Sullivan selected Zensys, Inc. as the recipient of the 2006 Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation in recognition of the company’s development of Z-Wave...
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| Statement by Zensys on the Lutron/Leviton Lawsuit |
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(Mar 7, 2007) Zensys' statement regarding the Lutron/Leviton lawsuit...
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| Zensys Keeps Focus On Communication At Home |
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(Feb 5, 2007) If you can crank the heat, dim the lights and draw the curtains with one flick of your finger, then you've probably already let Zensys Inc. into the room....
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| Z-Wave Begins 2007 Leading the Wireless Home Control and Automation Industry |
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(Jan 22, 2007) Z-Wave completes a landmark year with a third generation chip release and record growth...
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| Leviton & Microsoft Develop Wireless Home Automation |
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(Jan 16, 2007) Article in Electronic House about the two teaming up to deliver Windows-compatible, Z-Wave-enabled wireless control options....
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| Lagotek First to Show SideShow Gadgets for Home Automation |
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(Dec 20, 2006) Lagotek looks to be the first home automation company that will demonstrate gadgets for SideShow devices....
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| Monster Controller 300 reviewed: it's worth it |
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(Dec 19, 2006) If you wept in great anticipatory globs at the introduction of the Monster Controller 300, then you'd better sit down, Gladys, the review is out. What looks to be an obnoxious clutter of buttons actually delivers an antithesis of ease to home theater and environmental control. See, this mega re...
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| How safe is Z-Wave? |
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(Dec 19, 2006) A myriad of small radio devices are evolving which will unobtrusively reduce running costs in modern factories, shops, offices, and residences. Smart buildings can save costs by automatically adjusting heating levels when people leave a room. Smart factories can host machines able to communicate the...
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| Smart Homes: Supplying Products that Think for Themselves |
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(Dec 18, 2006) THE house of the future is taking shape today with an explosion in computing power linking with everything from lights to air conditioning, according to experts at the recent Electronic House Expo. Today, high-tech "smart" products have led to increased consumer interest in technologies th...
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| The Next Wave in Home Control Systems |
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(Dec 13, 2006) The digital home control systems industry is still in its novelty stage, despite holding the promise of ubiquity for the last two decades. Zensys, a Fremont, California wireless technology company, believes that it has the answer to getting the industry off the ground, with realistic solutions that...
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| Podcast: Benefits of Z-Wave |
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(Dec 13, 2006) Listen to a podcast from ABC News Cybershake as they interview Mike Einstein about the many benefits of Z-Wave....
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| The Struggle for Home System Dominance |
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(Dec 10, 2006) To simply define the frenetic, evolutionary growth of the home systems market in a linear way ” as following a straight, simple and predictable line along a single technological platform ” would be doing a disservice to this emerging, complex industry....
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| Village Homes Selects Lagotek Home Automation System |
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(Dec 6, 2006) After an extensive test period, Village Homes, a home builder headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, has selected the Lagotek Home Intelligence Platform (HIP) as an upgrade feature for both buyers of Village Homes' some six hundred new homes per year and as an enhancement to past home buyers....
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| Trimming the List of Things People Can't Do |
(Dec 5, 2006) FOR people with limited vision, hearing or mobility, the season of giving "and receiving” can be an opportunity to try out the growing number of gadgets that can simplify life or inject an extra dose of fun.
As both the price and size of computer chips shrink, manufacturers are enhan...
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| What's Next; Automation Technology |
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(Nov 30, 2006) Bill and Melinda Gates's "smart home" in Medina, Wash., cost an estimated $113 million to build--but that's pennies compared with what consumers are starting to spend every year on making their homes smarter. Thanks to a host of new, lower-cost home automation technologies, cable...
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| Home Automation Looks Beyond ZigBee |
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(Nov 30, 2006) Not all applications require the power ZigBee offers. Zensys, for example, has developed a proprietary wireless network technology, called Z-Wave. The company offers its hardware and protocol stack in chip form to developers and manufacturers of home-automation, consumer-electronics, safety-and-secu...
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| Wireless Home Automation |
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(Nov 29, 2006) Wireless home automation. Bloomberg Boot Camp, a report on today’s technology. Home automation systems have been around for years. One of the easiest and cheapest technologies is called X-10. It uses the electrical wiring in your home to send signals to turn lights or appliances on and off. A new...
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| Systems Can Keep Eye On Home From Desktop PCs Or Cell Phones |
(Nov 29, 2006) Remote home monitoring is giving new meaning to the phrase "phone home."
While video monitors connected to computers have been around a long time, the systems have been so complex that it took a computer geek to use one, let alone set one up....
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| Zensys Working on Battery-Powered Z-Wave Home Control |
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(Nov 27, 2006) Gather up your remotes, gadgets and other electronic gear: You're going to need some of their batteries. Zensys is working on a new chip that will allow for wireless home control powered by those Duracells and Energizers....
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| Home Away: Remote Control |
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(Nov 8, 2006) Nothing frustrated Gordon van Zuiden more than walking into his three-bedroom beach house in Capitola, Calif., and feeling a warm blast of air. He always asked guests who rented the house to turn off the heat before they departed but they did not always follow his instructions....
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| Cresting the Z-Wave of the Future |
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(Nov 6, 2006) I was invited to a posh apartment in New York's upper East Side this week to get a hands-on experience with Z-Wave, a home control protocol. Z-Wave is a radio frequency technology for wirelessly turning on and off appliances like lights and drapes. It creates a mesh network in which a device co...
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| BuLogics Releases Streaming IPTV Interface |
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(Nov 6, 2006) BuLogics, Inc., producer of innovative, affordable home automation technology for the average consumer, today announced the release of its streaming IPTV interface for wireless home control. BuLogics will unveil this latest release of its BaseCamp(TM) home automation system with wireless partner Zen...
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| Playtime with the new toys at DigitalLife |
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(Oct 24, 2006) A common beef with most tech conventions, like the Consumer Electronics Show held each January in Las Vegas, is that they are not open to the public. This is why DigitalLife has become an increasingly popular annual event among boys and girls (but still mostly boys) who love their toys; it's a...
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| ABI Research Identifies Three Drivers for Home Automation's Growth Beyond Niche Markets |
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(Oct 23, 2006) High touch retail environments, home monitoring via a service provider, and turnkey systems in new homes are three approaches that will help home automation vendors penetrate what has until now proved a stubborn market, according to a recent study from ABI Research. Using a combination of these, hom...
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| Show for consumers is tantalizing |
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(Oct 21, 2006) A tip of my cap to the folks at Ziff-Davis Media for having the guts to bring a consumer-oriented tech show to Manhattan. Now in its third year, DigitalLife rekindles memories of an era when tech shows were fun to attend and you'd gawk in amazement at all the new goodies awaiting the common, ev...
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| Master of Your Domain |
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(Oct 19, 2006) The HTLC 300 is part of the Z-Wave Alliance, a group of more than 125 companies that use Z-Wave as the standard for wireless control. What does that mean? This baby can control everything from your TV, DVD, VCR, CD player, Tivo, iPod, thermostat, appliances, game systems, satellite radio... the list...
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| New HomeSettings HA102M Starter Kit Geared to the Home Control Enthusiast |
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(Oct 16, 2006) Now there is a new fun and exciting way to control lighting and appliances from your own PC, thanks to HomeSettings from Intermatic. Each new special edition HomeSettings Starter Kit is packed with all the software and devices you need to get started. The included Microsoft Visual Studio Express Edi...
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| UEI Talks about Z-Wave Used in Their Products |
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(Oct 4, 2006) Listen to an interview presented by "Into Tomorrow" from the Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA) Expo. Director of Product Management, Michael Hirsch of Universal Electronic, Inc. talks about how their products use Z-Wave technology....
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| ControlThink and Zensys Introduce Z-Wave SDK for Microsoft .NET Micro Framework to Grow Z-Wave Ecosystem |
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(Oct 4, 2006) ControlThink and Z-Wave developer Zensys today announced the new Z-Wave Micro Software Development Kit (SDK), which provides manufacturers with another way to connect everyday devices using Z-Wave home control technology, simultaneously reducing development costs and time-to-market....
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| Best of Digital Living Award 2006 |
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(Oct 2, 2006) Monster (AVL 300) featuring Z-Wave technology wins the “Best of Digital Living Award” in the Category: Communications & Infrastructure....
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| Four Z-Wave Alliance Members Win Electronic House Product of the Year Award |
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(Sep 15, 2006) The Z-Wave Alliance, a consortium of companies in the home technology space dedicated to solidifying Z-Wave as the standard for wireless home and entertainment control products, today announced that four of its members -- Exceptional Innovation, iControl Networks, Leviton and Monster Cable -- were s...
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| Computer chips find homes on everyday items |
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(Jul 17, 2006) SAN FRANCISCO - Hewlett-Packard researcher Howard Taub is showing off a sticker about the size of a hole punch. And he can barely contain his glee. That's because hidden in the little dot is a computer chip with enough memory to store a song, a photo, or a 100-page text document. The chip needs...
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| Master of Your Domain |
(Jul 17, 2006) HOW WOULD YOU LIKE to be able to control the appliances in your home via a remote computer or even your Blackberry or cellphone?
While it might sound futuristic, the technology is available now. Turning on the lights, cranking up the A/C and even shutting the window blinds can now all be...
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| Home automation still a challenge to install |
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(Jul 3, 2006) (Electronic Business) _ To prove that you don't need to be a master electrician or computer geek, both Smarthome with its Insteon gear and Intermatic with its Z-Wave technology sent me starter kits containing dimmers and master control units. With caveats, they both proved their point....
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| Home Beep Home |
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(Jul 1, 2006) Smarthome Forum's message boards buzz with technicalquestions, observations and helpful hints about home automation. Gabbing away are hobbyists and builders, home automation's tried and true constituency....
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| PC World: The 100 Best Products of the Year |
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(Jul 1, 2006) You know how many new-product pitches we get every year? Thousands, each declaring that the item is the best in its category. Though many of the companies making these claims are clearly delusional, some creations do stand as superbly designed top performers in their field--and you'll find all...
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| ABI Research Sees Home Entertainment as the Beachhead for Home Automation |
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(Jun 29, 2006) Of all the household products and systems that might benefit from automation and control, home entertainment will offer the path of least resistance for vendors, according to a new study from ABI Research....
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| Interference in the 2.4. GHz band |
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(Jun 20, 2006) [German] The leading German RF magazine Funkschau reviews coexistence in the 2.4 GHz ISM band and concludes that due to interference from WLAN and other radio technology, this band is not suitable for wireless monitoring and control with low power, battery operated devices. Funkschau recognizes a cl...
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| Cooper Lighting introduces ThinkWatt |
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(Jun 19, 2006) Cooper Lighting has announced the wireless mesh networked motion and photo sensor. Called the ThinkWatt, it operates HID, compact fluorescent, linear fluorescent and incandescent light sources for energy management in compliance with all new energy regulations....
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| A New Standard for Home Control |
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(Jun 15, 2006) Lew Brown of Monster Cable explains how Z-Wave provides benefits for the consumer and how interoperability is helping to set the standard for home control....
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| Das Intelligente Eigenheim |
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(Jun 12, 2006) [German] An interview about wireless home control with Tony Shakib featured in Funkschau - Profesionelle Telekommunikation...
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| The Best Breed Of Backer |
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(Jun 6, 2006) When Zensys--maker of low-power computer chips used in remote controls for mundane devices like thermostats, lights and stereos--went looking for capital last summer, it didn't tap any old investor pool. It went to giants Cisco and Intel....
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| Netzwerkgigant drängt ins Wohnzimmer |
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(Jun 2, 2006) [German] This story in Digital Living features Zensys and focuses on Cisco's and Leviton's home automation strategy....
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| A New Standard for Home Control Products |
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(Jun 1, 2006) Entering a dark home is already a thing of the past for many people thanks to a technology called Z-Wave. One press of a button on an in-car remote illuminates the front walkway, turns on the kitchen and hall lights, unlocks the front door and turns on the stereo....
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| "Z-Wave" Wins 2006 World Class Award From PC World |
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(May 31, 2006) Z-Wave, the market leading wireless home control technology, was honored today by PC World with a 2006 World Class Award -- one of The 100 Best Products of the Year....
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| Lagotek Launches Powerful & Affordable Wireless Whole Home Automation System |
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(May 30, 2006) Lagotek launches software-based platform that includes basic features for whole home control using Z-Wave technology....
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| The Automatic Beach House |
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(May 16, 2006) Feature article by PC Magazine about the Z-Wave Alliance's demo home in St. Petersburg, FL that provides a great overview of the benefits of Z-Wave for the consumer and shows some of the products that are installed in the house....
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| Parks Associates and CEA Announce Connections™ Europe: Strategies for Living Markets |
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(May 6, 2006) Parks Associates and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®) announce CONNECTIONS Europe as an expansion to the highly successful CONNECTIONS The Digital Home Conference and Showcase, now in its 10th year and held each May in the United States....
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| Q&A: Z-Wave |
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(May 5, 2006) Chairman of the Z-Wave Alliance explains to Red Herring why connectivity is key to the digital home....
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| Tech Companies Prepare for Digital Home |
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(May 5, 2006) Home-network technology was on display here Thursday at Connections: The Digital Home Conference and Showcase, where automated controls for home appliances were all the rage....
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| Intel Invests in Home Automation |
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(Apr 25, 2006) A week after Intel joined the Z-Wave Alliance, its venture capital arm made a strategic investment in the home automation group’s co-founder Zensys....
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| Home-Control wird unaufhaltsam den Massenmarkt erobern |
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(Apr 18, 2006) This article, featured in Network Computing, reported about a forum with Z-Wave alliance members as panelists discussing the topic, Control of the Digital Home....
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| Wireless Sensor Networks: a Fragmented Market with Great Potential |
(Apr 13, 2006) Markets for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are in their early stages of development, and should begin to realize their true potential starting in 2007. Today, multiple standards and technologies are still vying for supremacy, and that fragmentation slows market growth.
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| The Wired Home |
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(Mar 12, 2006) Networking gear and other technology devices are making it easier for homeowners to control household electronics with the touch of a button....
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(Feb 8, 2006) Newsday.com article about Z-Wave Automated Lighting Control ranking #1 in Gary Dymski's Home Work article....
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| Z-Wave Continues to Roll at EHX |
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(Jan 31, 2006) When it comes to residential applications, Z-Wave Technology has attracted many more adopters than its closest competitor, ZigBee...
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| What's new? Z-Wave wireless technology |
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(Jan 23, 2006) Associated Press article about the Z-Wave Alliance bringing the smart home dream to reality....
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| Wireless mesh technology keeps winning awards |
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(Jan 13, 2006) Z-Wave wireless mesh networking technology received a CNET Best of CES Award in the enabling technology category at the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas....
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| 2006: The Year of Home Controls |
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(Jan 11, 2006) In the future war for who will run your home, it's not about who wears the pants, but what technology controls everything you own....
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| Cisco Takes Strategic 'Stake" in Home Networking |
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(Jan 11, 2006) Financial details are being withheld, but Cisco execs say their primary interest is in Zensys' Z-Wave wireless home control technology....
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| CNET.Com's Video News about Z-Wave Technology |
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(Jan 10, 2006) Z-Wave won CNET.com's Best of CES for Emerging Technologies....
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| New wireless gadgetry to get even older homes up to speed |
(Jan 8, 2006) LA Times article about Z-Wave allowing users to create a two-way, wireless mesh network within a single family dwelling or apartment without digging into the walls or scattering wires every which way.
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| Z-Wave, ZigBee Compete to Become Standard |
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(Jan 5, 2006) Two wireless networking standards, Z-Wave and ZigBee, are competing to become the standard for automated home control....
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| Cisco takes ride on Z-Wave |
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(Jan 5, 2006) In funding a maker of wireless networking chips, Cisco Systems Inc. is gambling on an emerging technology for managing electronic equipment in the home....
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| First Look: Catch the Home Automation Z-Wave |
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(Dec 9, 2005) Several new products based on Z-Wave, a wireless radio technology, were tested and each performed as reliably as if a light switch was flipped on or off....
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| Catch the Home Automation Z-Wave |
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(Dec 8, 2005) PC World Article about the Z-Wave technology doing a good job of controlling lights, appliances, and other electrical devices throughout your home....
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| Auf dem Weg zum De-facto-Standard |
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(Nov 3, 2005) [German] Elektronik Praxis titles this article that reviews Z-Wave with "On the way to the de-facto Standard"....
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| Networking: Battle Of The Networking Stars, Part One |
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(Oct 21, 2005) Category 5 Ethernet cabling is a de facto standard for moving data around a digital home. Yet it is not always the most convenient technology for integrators to implement or for customers to use, particularly in existing homes where it is much more difficult and expensive to install Ethernet cabling...
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| IT Übernimmt Gebäudesteuerung |
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(Sep 30, 2005) This article in LANline discusses alternative technologies for wireless home controls and visits questions like interoperability, number of available products, and OEM support. It concludes that Z-Wave plays the dominating role today and provides the most attractive entry this market opportunity (Pu...
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| Using Mesh Networking Technology In A Home Control RF Platform |
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(Sep 26, 2005) In recent years wireless home control products like light switches, thermostats, blinds/drapes, appliance controls, energy management and access controls have reached the market. In order to have a true mass-market for home controls, it is important to have a low cost technology, which is easy to in...
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| CEDIA Expo Draws A Wider Audience |
(Sep 18, 2005) More familiar A/V and home-control names were also active at the show with new satellite radios, iPod connectionsto distributed-audio systems, and a growing selection of Z-Wave-equipped wireless home-control devices.
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| Many Hands Make Light Work |
(Sep 18, 2005) Since the early 1950s, fans, lights and appliances in homes have danced to the beat of timers made by Spring Grove-based Intermatic Inc., the world's largest manufacturer of such devices for home and commercial uses.
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| Monster to Develop and Launch Line of Z-Wave Home Automation Products; Cable Products Company Joins Growing Z-Wave Alliance |
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(Sep 10, 2005) Monster Cable joins the Z-Wave Alliance and develop Z-Wave enabled products....
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| Zensys' Z-Wave Home-Control Technology Featured in New Logitech Harmony Remotes; Leading Universal Remote Manufacturer Joins Growing Z-Wave Alliance |
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(Sep 10, 2005) Logitech's new Harmony Remote Controls feature Z-Wave....
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| CEDIA Marks General Availability of Lifeware Media Center Edition, Preview of New High-End Control Products From Exceptional Innovation |
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(Sep 9, 2005) With Lifeware, integrators finally have a solution that allows them to offer more options to their customers....
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| Samenvatting: Zensys |
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(Sep 8, 2005) (German) Article about Monster Cable and Logitech joining the Z-Wave Alliance....
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| Monster to Develop and Launch Line of Z-Wave Home Automation Products; Cable Products Company Joins Growing Z-Wave Alliance |
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(Sep 8, 2005) Monster Cable joins over 125 companies in the Z-Wave Alliance....
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| Z-Wave Lands Big Partner |
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(Sep 8, 2005) Logitech and Monster Cable are both joining the Z-Wave Alliance, and each has new products that will embed Z-Wave for control. Source: Eric Griffith...
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| Z-Wave - The Standard for Home Control Products from A to Z |
(Sep 5, 2005) Z-Wave is a wireless RF-based communications technology that allows users to create a two-way meshed network within a home, apartment/flat or multi-level residence. Z-Wave technology was developed by Zensys and is based on the Z-Wave open standard for the home control market.
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| Competition to drive down mesh wireless prices |
(Sep 2, 2005) Competition between technologies for short-range, low data rate, wireless mesh networking will drive down the price of ICs and systems meaning more rapid adoption of the technology, according to Strategy Analytics.
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| Markt & Technik: "ZigBee bekommt Konkurrenz" |
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(Aug 26, 2005) [GERMAN] Markt & Technik, the leading weekly electronic magazine in Germany, reports in their August 26, 2005 issue about the ZW0201 Z-Wave system on chip....
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| NET: "Vom Chip zum Heimnetz" |
(Aug 7, 2005) [GERMAN] In depth article seeing Z-Wave emerging as the De facto Standard in German Networking magazine. Zensys CTO, Niels Thybo Johansen is featured on the title page.
"Zensys CTO Niels Thybo Johansen zeichnet verantwortlich f�r die Entwicklung der Z-Wave-Single-Chips. F�r di...
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| Strategy Analytics: ZigBee and Z-Wave Square Off in Wireless Residential Control Market; Future Consumer Requirement to Determine Winner |
(Aug 5, 2005) According to Chris Taylor, Director of the Strategy Analytics RF & Wireless Component service, "The simplicity of Z-Wave has allowed Zensys to get chips to market and partner with the leading makers of residential control systems, such as Danfoss and Honeywell, well ahead of ZigBee.
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| Control the home with a wireless network |
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(Aug 1, 2005) Recently, wireless home-control products like light switches, thermostats, blinds/drapes, appliance controls, energy management, etc., have reached the market. To have a true mass-market for these products, it's important to have a low-cost technology that's easy to install and operate. Th...
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| Gary Sulentic From Intuit and Raoul Wijgergangs From Zensys to be Featured on Let's Talk Computers(R) |
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(Jul 30, 2005) Nashville, TN - Raoul Wijgergangs, VP of US Business Development, discusses Z-wave, the reliable and low-cost control and monitoring technology which provides the average consumer with the convenience, safety and energy conservation for the home market which previously had only been available to the...
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| Inaugural Developer Forum Event for Z-Wave Alliance: Over 40 New Products Included From Top Manufacturers |
(Jul 28, 2005) Z-Wave Alliance, the consortium of leading home technology manufacturers, conducted its first European Developers' Forum in an effort to further solidify Z-Wave as the global standard in wireless home control technology.
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| THINKESSENTIALS CONTROL SYSTEM |
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(Jul 7, 2005) ThinkEssentials puts controls in your hands, but the brainpower is behind this black box. This plug and play control system uses Z-Wave Technology, and you don't need to control an installer to get it going....
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| Home automation provider joins Ingram Micro's Solution Center facilities |
(Jul 6, 2005) Smarthome's 13-year history in the U.S. currently pits it as the largest distributer of home automation products in the country. In lighting control, they offer Z-Wave products, among others.
Source: Liam Lahey, eChannelLine USA...
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| Keeping an eye on domestic appliances |
(Jun 29, 2005) ...A powerful established competitor, Danish company Zensys produces an alternative system to ZigBee, which it calls Z-Wave.
Source: Ben King, ft.com...
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| Home Automation Players Lock Horns |
(Jun 15, 2005) Zensys held an event in Copenhagen where they showcased their rather more established wireless technology, Z-Wave.
Source: Ben King, theregister.co.uk...
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| Higher Watt Z-Wave Dimmers and Switches Now Available |
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(Jun 10, 2005) Smart Products announced that is now shipping their new higher wattage HomePro-RF Z-wave Dimmers and Switches....
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| Z-Wave as Home Control RF Platform |
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(May 12, 2005) In recent years wireless home control products like light switches, thermostats, blinds/drapes, appliance controls, energy management and access controls have reached the market. In order to have a true mass-market for home controls, it is important to have a low cost technology, which is easy to in...
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| Wireless SoC cuts budgets for domestic nets |
(Apr 19, 2005) Zensys launches its second-generation chip, the ZW0201 – the lowest priced, most efficient and smallest wireless system on chip, effectivley reducing the cost for wireless home controls.
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| Making Sense of Today’s Home Control Technologies |
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(Apr 18, 2005) The attached Q&A provides an overview of Z-Wave, one of the most highly regarded and widely supported home control technologies and how it “stacks up” against ZigBee....
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| Z-Wave Chip Aims to Cut Implementation Costs |
(Apr 18, 2005) The ZW0201 cuts implementation costs by nearly half. In addition, it reduces power consumption, so a sensor can last up to 10 years on 2 AAA batteries.
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| HomePlug Networking Charges Up |
(Mar 28, 2005) HomePlug sales are diminishing, while more than 75 Z-Wave products have shipped already, with an additional 100 expected by summer.
Source: Toni Kistner, Network World, 3/28/05...
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| The Battle for your Automated Home |
(Mar 2, 2005) The author compares 3 mesh networking technologies, Insteon, ZigBee, and Z-Wave.
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| Z-Wave wants to be your Standard |
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(Jan 14, 2005) Zensys will license Z-Wave to the Alliance to "create multiple sources for the technology in the industry," according to the announcement. This, they say, will turn Z-Wave into an open standard....
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| Alliance set to battle ZigBee in the home |
(Jan 13, 2005) Zensys has joined more than 60 companies to form an alliance that will push for the adoption of Zensys' Z-Wave wireless protocol in the home automation market.
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| 'Mesh' Network Makes for Smarter Homes |
(May 10, 2004) Z-Wave's home automation has improved range and reliability over other home systems that may be using the 900-megahertz frequency.
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| Z-Wave Takes On Home-Automation Market |
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(Mar 22, 2004) At least seven U.S. suppliers this year will deliver home automation products that incorporate Z-Wave wireless technology, which is designed for retrofit installations at mainstream prices....
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