I was seven years old in early 1977 when the first Star Wars movie came out. Back then it was just “Star Wars,” of course, but today fanboys around the world know the movie as “Star Wars Episode IV: A…
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Control4 Announces New MindPod® Controller
Revolutionary “Game Changer” Product to Be Released in Late 2014 Salt Lake City, Utah—1 April, 2013—Control4, a leading innovator in residential and light commercial automation systems, announced today that it is beginning development of a new product that will enable…
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Taking a Vacation WITH Technology
If you Google just about any phrase involving “vacation” and “technology” you end up with search results much like the following: “How to escape from technology while on vacation” “Take a vacation from technology” “Technology-free vacation” That’s rubbish. I don’t…
My Sundance Wish List
Since Control4 is headquartered in Utah, we’re very much aware of the Sundance Film Festival when January rolls around. According to Google Maps, it’s exactly 37.1 miles from our corporate offices to the film festival Robert Redford founded in Park…
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Home Automation and New Year’s Resolutions
A brand new year starts tonight at midnight, and lots of us are thinking about how we need to change our lives, our bodies, our habits and our homes. Traditionally, the time around New Year’s Day has been a time…
Posted in Automation, Lifestyle
Automation in a Winter Wonderland
Last week I decided it was time to put up my lights for the holiday season. (To be honest, my wife actually did the deciding. She decided and I executed. That’s the way it works at our house.) Since my…
Posted in Automation, Home
Mobile Computing Drives Thanksgiving Weekend Retail
It was a record-setting weekend. In addition to a record box-office bonanza for Hollywood (led by Twilight, Skyfall and Lincoln), many have hailed this past Thanksgiving weekend as a welcome relief for worried retailers. According to the National Retail Federation,…
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DHCP vs. Static IP—Which Is Better?
People often talk about the home controller being the “brains” of a smart home installation. Extending that metaphor a little further, you might consider your home network as the “nervous system” of your home automation setup. Your home network allows…
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Flashing Lights and Teenaged Giggles
As a Control4 employee with networking and technical training, I’m in the process of installing automation in my own home. I’m going bit by bit, starting with the “easy stuff.” I got a bunch of my lighting controls installed over the weekend,…
What’s the “Killer App” in Home Automation?
In computing, a “killer app” is a program that is so valuable or popular that it basically guarantees the success of the technology with which it’s associated. Technology historians have long said that the personal computer would never have caught…
