Introduction 1
Part I: Introducing Home Automation 5
Chapter 1: Home Automation 101 7
Chapter 2: What You Need to Get Started 23
Chapter 3: Determining Your Home Automation Needs (and Wants) 37
Part II: Automating Inside Your Home 49
Chapter 4: Keeping Your Cool or Turning Up the Heat 51
Chapter 5: Nice and Tidy Does It! 75
Chapter 6: I'm in the Mood for . . . Anything: Automated Lighting 89
Chapter 7: Safe, Sound, and Hunkered Down 109
Chapter 8: Home, Home on the Automatic Range: The Automated Kitchen 135
Chapter 9: Monitoring Water Use and Detecting Leaks 155
Chapter 10: Smart Home Entertainment 165
Part III: Automating Outside Your Home 189
Chapter 11: Checking the Weather 191
Chapter 12: Your Grandfather's Dream, Your Reality: Automating Lawn Care 205
Part IV: Taking Command of Your Home Automation Systems 225
Chapter 13: Working with Mobile Devices and Computers 227
Chapter 14: Controlling Your Home from One Platform 249
Part V: The Part of Tens 265
Chapter 15: Ten Easy Ways to Begin Automating Your Home 267
Chapter 16: Ten Great Websites for Home Automation 285
Chapter 17: Ten Other Options for Automating Your Life 301
Index 319