What Is the Ultimate Button?
One of my post popular books is Home Attitude: Everything You Need To Know To Make Your Home Smart. There are, admittedly, mixed opinions about making your house smart. Some people, including my wife of 53 years, prefer a not-so-smart house where you can pull a lamp chain, flip a switch, visit doors and windows when […]
Will Robots Be Part Of Our Personal Lives?
Ray Bradbury, the prolific science fiction writer, in his 1976 book There Will Come Soft Rains, said in the future, homes would be interactive. He envisioned homes would also be able to do things on their own, even after their human owners had passed on. Some of Bradbury’s fiction from more than forty years ago […]
Ridgefield Smart Home Update
I am looking forward to getting back home and posting new stories about breakthrough healthcare technology. The past week has been a joy to be in Alaska with my wife, four kids and spouses, and six grandkids. Our group of 14 have had a great time exploring the Ruby Princess and the beautiful state of Alaska. […]
IBM exec’s Ridgefield ‘smart home’ has attitude
I hope this will be my last post about the Ridgefield home. Trayor Lesnock, president and founder of Platinum Luxury Auctions and I were interviewed today by Anna Quinn at Danbury’s newstimes. The full story is here. The Wall Street Journal story is here and the Platinum Luxury Auction page is here. The video with the drone […]
House Auction
I have gotten quite a few email and social media questions about why I auctioning my home. It starts back in 2001 when my wife and I designed the home with an architect, landscape architect, and home automation consultant. We wanted the new home to be beautiful but full of advanced infrastructure and technology. I […]
