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The first series was from the Jan '98 MacWorld Expo. I joined several other members of the "Beehive" in a really nice booth. Unfortunately, when the doors were open, there wasn't enough time to take more pics...
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michael on the morning of the last day.
( the foot massager is just visible in front of the chair...)
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It's not the gawdiest booth in the show, but certainly the most hopeful.
I had one of just about everything to play with.
(They wouldn't let me use the Fire Alarm)
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On the evening of the last setup day, we were all pooped.
Here, Sven and Nancy Grenander, mainstays of the Beehive, demonstrate...
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Weni was the busy bee in the hive, and Magnus was having a ball !
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Although many Xtension users showed up, I only managed to capture these...
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There were only a few visitors that asked whether XTension was available for Windows....they were last seen hanging around this window...
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Here are some pics from the Feb '98 Orlando Home Automation Show.
Unfortunately, these pictures do show how light the attendance was.
The X-10 booth had some very interesting new products under the "X-10 PRO" label.
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Here is Dave Rye, VP of Engineering of X-10 USA. Dave is often in China, so this is a rare shot. Dave also writes articles and technotes for the X-10 website.
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Here's also a rare shot of Jeff Anderson, editor of the "Home Automator" Newsletter. Jeff was so busy taking new subscriptions that he didn't get to go to Skycraft !#@
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This is an especially rare shot of Eldon Ziegler, author of HomAtion 2007, probably the best home automation software for the PC.
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IBM was at the show with a very nice booth. For the first time, I saw their new Home Director X-10 modules. Although they are still not putting a lot of money into HA, it is obvious that they are continuing development.
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On the other side of the IBM booth, there was a very interesting setup with what looked to be a third party system in IBM attire...along with several other third party devices ?
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The most interesting booth at the show was the "HAL 2007" booth. Although no one was fooled by the very careful demos, it is obvious that the PC has come a long way in voice recognition.
What HAL 2007 is trying to do, IS what we'll all be doing in a few years...
Kudos to those who are footing the bill, and to those who managed to get the great local TV exposure.
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