HTA Update - 10/29/2008 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
Call To Action: Builders, Remodelers, HBAs and Electronic Systems Contractors (ESCs)
Lighting Automation and Design Adds Lifestyle Value to Homes
Builders’ Tip: Turn Features from Optional to Standard
Seven Products for the Connected Kitchen
Audio Seminar: Builder Financing, Working With Your Lender in the Credit Crunch
Properly Focused Technology Can Help Builders Survive
Builders Cite Appraisal Problems in Declining Housing Markets
Call Your Former Clients, There Is Work Out There
Register for the 2009 Builders' Show in Las Vegas
Ask an Electronic Systems Contractor (ESC)
Industry Recognition

Seven Products for the Connected Kitchen

While the completely connected kitchen has been talked about for years, the products haven't always sold as well as expected.

LG, for example, has tried to push connected appliances since the late '90s. They've had an Internet-connected refrigerator, washer and dryer, and even a Net-connected microwave oven.

But it hasn't always worked.

It's not that consumers don't want connected devices in their kitchen. The Internet Home Alliance notes six products consumers are looking for in their connected kitchen:

a home control station
an energy usage monitoring and control system
wireless Internet access
a recipe projection system
a digital calendar
a universal charging station

It's not just appliances like fridges and ovens that are getting connected, though.

While control seems to be the overwhelming theme for kitchen connectivity, A/V manufacturers are offering kitchen-specific products as well.

Click here for 7 products for the connected kitchen.

The preceding article is reprinted with permission from CE Pro, http://www.cepro.com/article/7_products_for_the_connected_kitchen/