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Looks like home automation may finally be taking baby steps towards
the mainstream -- Verizon's just announced that it'll be demoing that
long-rumored Home Monitoring and Control system at CES 2011, with a
planned beta rollout in New Jersey to follow. The system will allow
users to remotely view security cameras, lock doors, and control
lights, thermostats, and appliances through their smartphones or FiOS
TV boxes -- the same capabilities most other automation systems
offer, but with the added benefit of being integrated and installed
by Verizon. The pilot homes in Jersey will receive an energy reader,
smart appliance switches and thermostats, door and window locks, a
power strip, motion sensors, an indoor pan-and-tilt camera, and a
fixed indoor / outdoor camera when the system launches next month,
but Verizon says that's just the beginning. We're told the system
will use Z-Wave wireless control units and WiFi security cameras, so
we're guessing there'll be a central box that integrates everything
-- and we've got a feeling this whole thing is based on 4Home
(pictured above), which was just acquired by Motorola Mobility. We'll
find out more at CES -- stay tuned.
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