Clippings | 2008
CEDIA News Roundup
09.05.08
Lots of announcements for CEDIA this year, and lots of press:
Everyone's hopping on the iPod/iPhone bandwagon, says Electronic House—but why wouldn't you want to control your home with your iPhone? Yes, Life|ware is adding iPod/iPhone client interfaces.
CEPro covers our new high-density television initiative in Niveus, Lifeware Stretch Media Center with Support for 8 CableCards, 10 Extenders. Get some specifics in The Wall Street Journal MarketWatch.
Gizmodo Australia calls the LMS-810 the Baddest Media Centre PC Money can buy. Need we say more?
Life|ware Controls the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry's Green Home
05.21.08
The Chicago Museum of Science and Industry recently opened a new exhibit. Smart Home: Green + Wired, Powered by ComEd and Warmed by People's Gas is a 2,500 square-foot home built in the museum's back yard. It's a fully-functional, three-story home that aims to show museum visitors how energy efficiency and green building can be combined with and enhanced by the latest in home control technology.
The home is controlled by Life|ware, provided by Life|ware dealer Rick Simpson of 3G Applications in Chicago, who donated his time and resources for the exhibition.
The full story (with slideshow!) is at CEPro, or you can learn more about it at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry's exhibit page.
Life|ware Teams with RTI
04.01.08
Life|ware is all about incorporating the best technologies available, and we're always looking for ways to provide our dealers and their customers with even more choices. To that end, Life|ware announces a partnership with RTI, a leading manufacturer of innovative remote controls. RTI's Life|ware-compatible remotes — the T2-C, RK-3, T-4 and the recently announced T3-V — provide the end-user a unique control solution without having to launch a television interface.
Electronic House has the scoop.
Life|ware Wins Two 2008 CEA "Mark of Excellence" Awards
03.17.08
Life|ware has done it again, winning two CEA Mark of Excellence awards announced at EHX. Life|ware 2.0.3 won in the Best Control System category, and our Life|media LMS 754 server won in the Best Media Server category.
Congratulations to all the winners and nominees! Check them out on the CEA website.
Mike Seamons Leaving Life|ware for Microsoft
03.13.08
Mike Seamons, one of Exceptional Innovation's founders, will be leaving Exceptional Innovation to become a product manager in Microsoft's eHome group. Mike has been an evangelist for Media Center for years, and, as EI CEO Seale Moorer says "Mike is so passionate about Media Center, and that voice is better coming from within Microsoft instead of outside by you and me."
CEPro's Julie Jacobs has the scoop here.
EI's Mike Seamons to Moderate EHX Opening Keynote Panel
02.26.08
The Electronic House Expo (EHX) announced today that Mike Seamons, Vice President of Marketing for Exceptional Innovation, will moderate its opening keynote panel for the upcoming EHX Spring 2008. The panel of industry experts will offer insights on custom electronics trends from leaders in both integration and manufacturing.
The EHX keynote will kick off at 9 a.m. on Thursday, March 13 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL and feature the following influential panelists:
- Jeremy Burkhart, CEO, SpeakerCraft
- Scott Evans, Lead Program Manager, Microsoft
- Doug Fikse, President, OnQ Legrand
- Noel Lee, Head Monster, Monster Cable
- David Rodarte, President, NuVo Technologies
- Mike Tangora, President, The CiAlliance
For more information about EHX Spring 2008, check out their website.
Life|ware Demo at the International Builders' Show
02.15.08
The Orlando Sentinel has an article and demo by Life|ware's Jason Leonardelli from the International Builders' Show. Jason shows off some of the features of the NextGen home built for the show—a home that not only shows off Life|ware, but was also built to withstand natural disasters, and to be energy efficient and have a minimal impact on the environment.
Check out the article and video at High-tech houses let you run things by remote
More Life|ware coverage from CES
02.04.08
Video from MSNBC with Mike Seamons showing off the advantages of Life|ware in a home office. MSNBC: Your Business
UK Times Online reviews Bill Gates' keynote address, and discusses the key technologies at CES. Gadgets Swamp Our Digital Future
CEPro discusses why UMPCs are besting Sideshow devices in home automation. Windows Sideshow at CES: Bad News, Good News
The Sydney Herald higlights the emphasis on "green" technologies at CES. Server farms eating electricity
Life|ware NextGen Home Video from CES
01.30.08
Channel 10's Nic Fillingham interviews Life|ware's Jason Leonardelli in the NextGen home at CES. The video is six minutes long, and provides a nice introduction to Life|ware features. Automate your home with Life|ware
And over at The Digital Lifestyle Video Show, Ian Dixon posted a "sneak" video of one of the presentations in the NextGen home. He says "It's a bit cheesy but it's fun and they did a good job showing off the features without going technical." Video of the NextGen home at CES
Electronic House features Life|ware in "Convergence and the Media Center PC"
01.25.08
CableCARD™ makes Windows Media Center the perfect DVR, but it's so much more than entertainment. How Microsoft's Media Center is getting its due. Convergence and the Media Center PC.
NextGen Home a Hit at CES
01.10.08
Mike Seamons takes a reporter on a tour of the NextGen home, and a Leggett & Platt representative shows off their Life|ware connected bed.
Story and video at High Tech Home is a Hit at Consumer Electronics Show.
CES Day 1 News Roundup
01.07.08
It's day 1 of CES, and Life|ware already has some buzz to report.
Earthimes.org says At last tech industry takes energy-saving seriously, quoting Life|ware's Mike Seamons:
Green is becoming a big part of why a connected home makes sense."
Life|ware and our partners are featured in an NBC Nightly News broadcast. Check out the video at Latest tech toys unveiled at CES.
