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vaxocentric

SMRT Home

Jan 19, 2009 16:43

As most of you know, I'm a giant nerd and geek. I love engineering of any kind. I'm designing an incredibly extensible home automation and security system, currently referred to as SMRT Home ("I am so smart! S-M-R-T!"). I'll occasionally blog about it as I reach milestones or want feedback ( Read more... )

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Yikes farrisgoldstein January 19 2009, 23:05:43 UTC

We've discussed this a little in the past, and I've done a little of it myself. I've always wanted to do something similar.

But... I don't think I'd be willing to go wireless. Not for anything involving security.

Re: Yikes vaxocentric January 20 2009, 15:56:34 UTC

I want to be able to deploy Nodes in either configuration. You want all wired? No problem. All wireless because you're just using it for home automation and no security? No problem. It's possible to implement a secure hybrid network.

For wireless, I'll need to implement some sort of encryption, which shouldn't be that big of a deal. I've done CRC calculations before so this should only be a little more complex. Plus, with Zigbee, it's not nearly as ubiquitous as Bluetooth/WiFi, so I think that can discourage hacking. Bottom line though, anyone can break in to anything. Someone can always unlock my window with a rock and get in, which is a hell of a lot simpler than hacking an encrypted wireless network!

Re: Yikes b_phil January 20 2009, 16:34:19 UTC

Which is why you need a fallback security solution involving a scary dog or a tiger.

Re: Yikes vaxocentric January 20 2009, 16:40:31 UTC

The purpose of the system is not to prevent people from breaking in. That's inevitable. Rather, I want to know about it immediately if there are any unauthorized entries.

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SMRT farrisgoldstein January 19 2009, 23:10:03 UTC

Synergistic Modern Residence Technology

Re: SMRT vaxocentric January 20 2009, 15:56:54 UTC

AWESOME!

nsoroma79 January 19 2009, 23:21:21 UTC

Wow! This is really awesome! IF you ever need a test subject to live in such a house... I'm game! :)

Dave has been working on ideas for a completely green house... not the same thing, but still.

I wonder if he has an idea about any of this stuff? I will show him your entry and ask him. :D

vaxocentric January 20 2009, 15:57:26 UTC

It's going in *MY* house!! :D

shponglespore January 19 2009, 23:51:00 UTC

Fuck. It seems I'm not the geekiest person I know.

All the stuff you're doing is outside my area of expertise, but this sentence really jumped out at me in a "famous last words" kind of way: Granted, this adds a lot of complexity to the development cycle, but in the end it will be incredibly powerful.

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vaxocentric January 20 2009, 16:00:23 UTC

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vaxocentric January 20 2009, 16:19:53 UTC

Haha
I tend to overengineer. At least in the initial design.

The original design actually had a carbon-dioxide laser...

crista January 20 2009, 00:37:32 UTC

90% of this wasn't even English to me, yet I find your geek strangely arousing.