A tangible programming interface called ``Push-pin'' is proposed, which involves end-users in designing smart home programs for home appliance automation. Programming on the Push-pin system is based on a stimulus-response model in which an appliance connected to another appliance via a network gets activated when the other appliance is activated. To interconnect two appliances, the user puts a ...

Earnings Median annual earnings, including commission, of home appliance repairers were $28,860 in 2000. The middle 50 percent earned between $21,840 and $38,040 a year. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $17,300, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $45,750 a year. Median annual earnings in the two industries employing the largest numbers of home appliance repairers in 2000 were $27...

each customer or consumer communicates with different markets with a specific decision-making style and these styles approximately remain constant over time. this research is done between tehran home appliance store customers with the aim of identifying the sproles and kendall’s model decision-making styles. sproles and kendall’s model has identified eight different decision-making styles, whic...

Recently, smartphones have been used as remote controllers for home appliances through connectivity of mobile telecom network or Wi-Fi. To control several home appliances in a room, a mechanism is required for a smartphone to correctly select the target appliance. Through the built-in electronic compass function in the smartphone, we propose a scheme called Point-and-Control (PnC) that allows a...

With the development of intelligent home appliance technology, realtime home appliance status information is now generated in large quantities. New technology is necessary in order to process the large amount of status information that is generated every day. An innovative technology that has recently been used to process large amounts of data is cloud computing. Therefore, in this paper, we pr...

Traditionally electrical appliances in a home are controlled via switches that regulate the electricity to these devices. As the world gets more and more technologically advanced, we find new technology coming in deeper and deeper into our personal lives even at home. Home automation is becoming more and more popular around the world and is becoming a common practice. The process of home automa...

This paper reports on the findings from case studies of two Chinese leading home appliance companies which address the main e-business applications in Chinese home appliance companies. In particular, it explores the sources of competitive advantages gained from e-business applications. Specific attention has been paid towards using the value chain framework to analyse the main sources of compet...

Remote home management is one of the developing areas in current technology. In this paper we described how to manage and control home appliances using mobile phone, people can use this system to do things in their home from a far place before they reach home. For instance, user may start his/her room cooler or heater so that before they reach home the condition in the room will be conducive, a...

Controlling Home Appliances remotely is à main part of automation. There is a great deal of inconvenience in controlling each digital home appliance with its own separate remote. In this paper we present an advanced universal remote which can control and regulate lights, fans and also any IR controlled Home appliance like TV, home theater, air conditioner etc. This paper gives the design on how...