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• Cover
• Title Page
• Introduction
• About This Book
• Foolish Assumptions
• Icons Used in This Book
• Beyond the Book
• Where to Go from Here
• Part I: Introducing Home Automation
• Chapter 1: Home Automation 101
• Defining Home Automation
• Benefitting from Home Automation
• Understanding the Tech Involved in Home Automation
• Chapter 2: What You Need to Get Started
• Happiness Is a Wireless Network
• Having the Right Tools for the Job
• Chapter 3: Determining Your Home Automation Needs (and Wants)
• Considering Factors Before You Buy
• Deciding How Much You Want to Automate
• Part II: Automating Inside Your Home
• Chapter 4: Keeping Your Cool or Turning Up the Heat
• Controlling Your Thermostat from Afar
• Introducing the Big Players in the Thermostat Arena
• Chapter 5: Nice and Tidy Does It!
• Cleaning Up While You’re Away
• Introducing a Who’s Who of the Remote Cleaning World
• Chapter 6: I’m in the Mood for . . . Anything: Automated Lighting
• Lighting Your Life Automatically
• Illuminating the Kings of Automatic Lighting
• Chapter 7: Safe, Sound, and Hunkered Down
• Establishing Security in the Automatic Age
• Staking Out the Wardens of Home Security
• Chapter 8: Home, Home on the Automatic Range: The Automated Kitchen
• Cooking Without Being in the Kitchen, and Other Kitchen Awesomeness
• Checking Out the Top Home Automation Chefs
• Chapter 9: Monitoring Water Use and Detecting Leaks
• Watching Your Water Usage
• Assessing the Water Monitoring Mavens
• Chapter 10: Smart Home Entertainment
• Modernizing Home Entertainment
• Introducing the Smart Home Entertainment Gurus
• Part III: Automating Outside Your Home
• Chapter 11: Checking the Weather
• Keeping Tabs on the Weather
• Checking the Weather Automatically
• Chapter 12: Your Grandfather’s Dream, Your Reality: Automating Lawn Care
• Caring for Your Lawn Doesn’t Have to Break Your Back
• Getting to Know the Top Companies in Lawn Automation
• Watering Your Lawn Automatically
• Part IV: Taking Command of Your Home Automation Systems
• Chapter 13: Working with Mobile Devices and Computers
• Discovering Devices Commonly Used for Smart Home Automation
• Keeping Apps Up-to-Date
• Chapter 14: Controlling Your Home from One Platform
• Examining the Lack of Unity
• Choosing the Single-Platform Path
• Opting for Multi-Protocol Solutions
• Part V: The Part of Tens
• Chapter 15: Ten Easy Ways to Begin Automating Your Home
• Wink
• WeMo
• Chapter 16: Ten Great Websites for Home Automation
• Smarthome
• CNET
• CEA
• SmartThings
• Amazon
• Home Controls
• Z-Wave.com
• ZigBee Alliance
• Lowes
• Home Depot
• Chapter 17: Ten Other Options for Automating Your Life
• Cleaning Your Home’s Gutters
• Making a Robot Part of Your Family
• Feeding Pets While You’re Away
• Cleaning Up Kitty Litter
• Cleaning Your Pool the Robotic Way
• Waking Up to a Fresh Cup of Joe
• Starting Your Vehicle Remotely
• Flushing Your Troubles Away Automatically
• Pulling the Shades from Across the Room
• Controlling Your Home’s Humidity
• About the Author
• Cheat Sheet
• Advertisement Page
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement