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2. Xanadu Houses - Wikipedia

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   Exterior of Xanadu House in Kissimmee, Florida, 1990. The Xanadu Houses were a series of experimental homes built to showcase examples of computers and automation in the home in the United States. The architectural project began in 1979, and during the early 1980s three houses were built in different parts of the US: one each in Kissimmee ...

3. Home automation - Wikipedia

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   By 2012, in the United States, according to ABI Research, 1.5 million home automation systems were installed. [5] Per research firm Statista [6] more than 45 million smart home devices will be installed in U.S. homes by the end of the year 2018. [7] The word "domotics" is a contraction of the Latin word for a home and the word robotics. [1]

4. Smart home hub - Wikipedia

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   The smart home hub can consist of dedicated computer appliance, software appliance, or software running on computer hardware, and makes it possible to gather configuration, automation and monitoring of a smart house by communicating and controlling different smart devices that consist of for example home appliances, sensors and relays or robots ...

5. Vivint - Wikipedia

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   Vivint Smart Home, Inc. Vivint Smart Home, Inc. is a United States–based smart home company. A subsidiary of NRG Energy, it was founded by Keith Nellesen and Todd Pedersen in 1999. Its products provide a unified access point to manage all smart home features, with 2 million customers as of 2023. [2]

6. Home Assistant - Wikipedia

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   Security. Home Assistant is an on-premises software product with a focus on local control, which has been described as beneficial to the security of the platform, specifically when compared to closed-source home automation software based on proprietary hardware and cloud services. [2][3][4][5]

7. Internet of things - Wikipedia

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   [42] [43] Long-term benefits could include energy savings by automatically ensuring lights and electronics are turned off or by making the residents in the home aware of usage. [44] A smart home or automated home could be based on a platform or hubs that control smart devices and appliances. [45]