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Rosie Made the Paper!!

Thanks to a friend of ours we ended up in a Leaderpost post article about our house! Kind of exciting because of all the work we did on the automation stuff..

LeaderPost Article

Say hello to Rosie

Jeffrey and Joanne De Sarno run their Regina Beach home with a little help. Not with a housekeeper, or a caregiver – but with Rosie.

Rosie is the name for their SecurTek Home Manager automation system, which can do anything from read Jeffrey yesterday’s baseball scores to help Joanne organize the shopping list.

The system is simple for any customer, as SecurTek sets up the system and then all the homeowner has to do is touch a button and SecurTek can add a component or fix any part of the system. All the homeowner has to do is give the commands – “turn on dining room light” or “read news.”

But Jeffrey De Sarno understands the system a little bit better than the average person – he was part of the team who designed it. He describes the system as a true “mash-up” of technology – meaning it is many components of technology coming together.

Speaking through a microphone in the kitchen, Rosie answered Jeffrey’s questions about time, the stock market, TV listings, and information on the house. She also answered his commands, dimming lightings, turning on and off appliances, reading the news, and playing Tracy Chapman music upon request.
Leaderpost Article

Leaderpost Article

The above article was from Julie Folk who took time to try to learn as much as she could about this geeks world!
Now I have to admit this exposure for work was fabulous I don’t know if it helped us out in selling our home, as some have suggested that some of this technology maybe overwhelming for some folks. So I haven’t decided if I will leave it with the house. Shrug, I guess it will depend on the new owner. Trust me however Rosie 2.0 will be following me to my new home!! I will work with my friends and Automated Living to build something much bigger!! Yup I am addicted to it!

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