Android @Home
Toby Evans
Android@Home Lets You Control Your Lights & Appliances Wirelessly
Google has just unveiled the Android@Home framework, a set of
protocols for controlling light switches, alarm clocks and other home
appliances through any Android device.
The search giant’s ambitious plan intends to turn the home into one
connected device. During a demo Tuesday at Google I/O in San
Francisco, the company showed off the capability to control lights via
an Android tablet. Android@Home essentially makes it possible to
control wireless or connected devices.
Google also showed off a new type of Android device: a home theater
system called “Project Tungsten.” Google rigged several speakers to
the Android OS and, using an Android tablet, controls the speaker
system. Google also demonstrated how the system can start playing
music just by swiping a near-field communication-enabled CD case in
front of the “Project Tungsten” setup.
Don’t expect to be controlling your home light switches with
Android@Home next week, though. Google has partnered with companies
such as Lighting Science Group to bring compatible appliances and
devices to the market, but they won’t debut until the end of the year.
Google unveiled the framework now so that developers can get a head
start on building apps on top of the new protocols.
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Paul
At 12:12 PM 5/11/2011, Mark McCall wrote:
mikethebee
mikethebee
"The first product, due at the end of this year, will be an LED
lightbulb from Lighting Sciences. Eric Holland, the director of
electrical engineering, gave us more details; the wireless mesh will
use the 900Mhz band rather than the crowded Wi-Fi spectrum - that
could mean delays in bringing this to Europe as it's used by GSM
phones and will soon be a 3G frequency. You can have up to 500 devices
in a mesh and they can be 50m apart, talking to the Android@Home base
station (which Google refers to as Project Tungsten). "
Given Googles involvement with NFC ( shown in the I/O session video -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49L7z3rxz4Q ) there could be a mix of
technologies in google@home.