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BRODY VS. AUTISM Blog

LOCATION: Sacramento, California // DEALER: Liberty Bell Alarm &Home Theater   Move over, meltdowns! And good morning, Sacramento! The Buzzard family has it all under perfect control.   The precipitous increase in autism continues to baffle experts. Despite millions of dollars in research—the National Institute of Health alone will spend $99 million on autism research this year—we have yet to determine how it can be prevented or what catalyzed its sudden and dramatic rise. In the meantime, technology is playing a powerful role in enabling those who have the disorder, particularly young children.

How to choose the right home security system Blog

This guest post comes to us from Sage Singleton. Sage is a home and community safety expert for SafeWise and has written for a variety of audiences ranging from government sites to lifestyle magazines.  According to FBI statistics, there were more than 1.5 million burglaries in 2015. As a homeowner, this might be alarming—especially for those who have families. There are several measures people take to help keep their homes and families safe.   Some people start or join a neighborhood watch, but that means relying on others to be diligent. Some people use a home-security sticker or decal to deter burglars while others rely on their watch dog to alert of an intrusion.

How a Smart Home Helps Spread Holiday Cheer Blog

With the holiday decorating, shopping, and cooking in full swing, there has never been a better time to automate your home. Home automation can help you manage the wonderful chaos, entertaining your family when they come to visit, setting that special ambience that inspires the holiday spirit, and keeping your valuables and loved ones more secure than ever. Control4 can help you custom design your smart home to sync with your existing products and spread the holiday cheer.   Light Up Your Home Home automation allows you to step up your game when it comes to holiday decorating and setting the vibe for the season.

European lighting control solutions under the spotlight Press release

London, UK. January 31st 2011 – Control4, a leader in affordable IP-based control and entertainment systems, is using the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) show to demonstrate the full range of lighting solutions available in Europe and has incorporated a dedicated zone into its stand in Hall 11 (11F82). The company will be highlighting its innovative range of dimmers and switches built for the low power ZigBee wireless standard. These include concealed and in-wall models, for which Control4® will also be previewing European specific faceplates to be launched later in the year. Control4 w

Considering the User Experience in Aesthetics: How Toni Sabatino Approaches Interior Design Blog

For more information on how to create smart, beautiful, livable design with Control4, click here. Color is something that can intimidate even the most veteran designer; however, interior designer Toni Sabatino says that her signature approach to color comes not so much from focusing on color in the space as much as focusing on color with the people—using color to create rooms her clients feel comfortable in. This New York-born designer has become quite well known for her unique approach to color and her experience-focused interior design style. She has won several awards, including a kitchen design award from the Interior Design Society, Best Of Houzz Award for customer satisfaction and was named a Top 200 influencer in the Home Design Industry in 2017 by FIXr.com.

Updates to Streaming Audio with Pandora Blog

Pandora, fully updated and better than ever  Pandora, one of the most popular streaming platforms, is now even better when streamed through your Control4 system. Our completely redesigned and rebuilt Pandora integration provides full support for Pandora’s library of on-demand content which is available using a Pandora Premium or Plus account, allowing you to enjoy your favorite music ad-free with full control on the device of your choosing. Premium and Plus account tiers also unlock additional features and capabilities like full search and browse functionality, the ability to creat

TECH THAT TAKES YOUR OUTDOOR SPACES TO THE NEXT LEVEL Blog

Staying at home doesn’t have to mean staying indoors. Here are three ways you can use technology to turn your backyard into an outdoor oasis. #1) Get Your Groove on  The best dance floor at your house might just be your backyard. Plus, there’s more room to get your groove on in the great outdoors. The problem here, though, is that usually, the sound quality diminishes when you’re outside. That’s where outdoor speakers come in. Episode Terrain Speakers or Triad Garden Array speakers are all-weather landscape speakers that will blanket your outdoor spaces with rich, beautiful audio while blending in with the outdoors and your outdoor ambiance.

OLD ENGLISH PUB PACKED WITH SMART HOME SURPRISES Blog

A secret biometric button on a statue of Beethoven swings open a door to reveal a hiding place LOCATION: Vail Valley, Colorado // DEALER: Futurian Systems // PHOTOGRAPHY: Futurian Systems Video and music are a given in any pub, be it an establishment in town or in your own home. But a safe room? Not so much.   A secret button tucked underneath a statue of Ludwig Van Beethoven that reveals that room? That’s even more unusual.   Biometric technology embedded in that button that scans and reacts to the fingerprint of only a few certain people? Now that’s one high-tech bar.

‘NEXT Living EcoSuite’ Showcased at GreenBuild International Conference and Expo Press release

Toronto, Canada – October 4, 2011 – Tridel, Canada’s largest condominium developer and LEED highrise residential builder is pleased to announce that together with leading technology companies Cisco and Control4, has developed one of North America’s most innovative new condo suites. Known as the ‘NEXT Living EcoSuite’, this one-of-a-kind penthouse suite is located in Toronto’s King West neighbourhood, at Tridel’s successful Rêve Condominium development. Positioned as the ‘future of green condo living’ the EcoSuite is an innovative penthouse unit that combines environmen

Sci-Fi Technology Has Become a Reality Blog

It is now 2014 and there are still no flying cars. However, many technologies that were previously only found in science fiction have now become science fact. Amazon's revelation of its proposed Prime Air delivery drone is just the latest futuristic technology that could soon become commonplace. Some of these products are still in development but many, like the Apple iPad, have become smart-household items. Here are just a few of the remarkable technologies that were first featured in sci-fi but are now for real.   1.)    Smart Homes – A staple of science fiction that has come to life is the automated (or "smart") home.