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Powerline Smart Home Who's Who

Echelon Corporation- the creator of the LonWorks platform, the world's most widely used standard for connecting everyday devices such as appliances, thermostats, air conditioners, electric meters, and
lighting systems to each other and to the Internet

LG - an appliance company developing smart appliances including refrigerators and air conditioners.

Electrolux- an appliance company that has developed the Screenfridge as part of their Live-In appliance line

Sunbeam

Sunbeam- produces the Thalia line which includes a Smart alarm clock, HomeHelper kitchen console, Smart Blanket, Smart Coffee Maker, Smart Smoke Alarm, Smart Blood Pressure Monitor and a Smart Mixmaster

GE Smartone

GE - The SMARTONE ® system provides the first truly retrofittable control system on the market today. Whether you are installing a system in a new home or remodeling an existing home, SMARTONE is the solution. Because all SMARTONE products communicate over existing wiring, no new wires are required-saving big installation costs and time.

SonicBlue- the Rio people who are designing an audio powerline product are members of the HomePlug Alliance.

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Smart Homes

We have all heard about the smart house and running our homes with a computer. Consider a future where all appliances with power cords can be networked using universal plug and play including:

computers
telephones
stereos
even refrigerators

You could have a DVD drive in one room sending video to a TV or PC in other, while a computer in a bedroom could switch on your web-enabled dishwasher. A household network using powerline communications modems connecting Internet appliances will make that possible and without rewiring your home.

Electrolux Screenfridge

You could:

check your fridge to see if you need milk
start your lawn watering system from across the country
tell your digital recorder to start recording from the office
check to see if you forgot to turn off the iron
start preheating your oven so as soon as you get home, you can pop in tonight's dinner

all through your cell phone, PDA or computer.

How would that work? Each electronic device in your home will have an IP address on your powerline network. You can access any appliance using that IP address just like you can send messages to an individual computer.