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BusinessWeek June 12, 2006 Larry Armstrong	My Retreat, The Shed Freestanding backyard rooms, even the prefab versions, are getting fancy.
Home Toys June 2006 Jack Goldberg	My Vacation Home -- My System In addition to this home's lighting, which is controlled by individual single-gang, eight-button switches, the air conditioning and heating, motorized drapes, audio & video, and Jacuzzi are easily controlled by the Vantage Smart Home System.
Home Toys June 2006 Lew Brown	A New Standard for Home Control Products Entering a dark home is already a thing of the past for many people thanks to a technology called Z-Wave. One press of a button on an in-car remote illuminates the front walkway, turns on the kitchen and hall lights, unlocks the front door and turns on the stereo.
Home Toys June 2006 Eugene Kowch	Programmable Logic Controller By integrating the remote with the programmable logic controller, you can control the lights and curtains in the same room as the audio/video equipment.
Home Toys June 2006	Unique Design Leads to Improved Functionality These attractive contemporary lamps enclose a speaker system for improved functionality of both the furniture and speaker system.
Home Toys June 2006	A New Use for an Old VCR Low Cost Home Security System While most other sensors have range limitations, Video Motion Detection has the advantage that any image in the field of view of the video camera can be analyzed for movement and alerts triggered.
This Old House Mark Feirer	New Rules for Safer Houses The latest round of building code changes, published this spring, might affect your next remodeling project.
This Old House James Glave	21 ways to save on your remodel Advice gleaned from dozens of industry pros on how you can wrestle your runaway renovation costs back down to earth.
PC Magazine May 17, 2006 Parker-Perry et al.	Smarter Homes We take you inside three of the smartest homes in America to show you what they've done and how they did it.
This Old House Glenn Bowman	A Soapstone Saga Perfect for counters, soapstone withstands both water and heat. Treated with mineral oil, it darkens to a glossy finish.
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