Comments on: Apple patent application details iOS devices that control everything in your home via NFC

By: jSeunnasepp

jSeunnasepp — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 15:16:30 +0000

An interesting take on Apple’s success.
http://beta.fool.com/jaans/2012/07/22/understanding-apple-2-success-o-v-f/7443/

By: silverhawk1

silverhawk1 — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:58:32 +0000

I have a four zone furnace/ac. It has a Honeywell setup that sends wireless signals to open to open the various zone controllers. I just works.

By: G4Dualie

G4Dualie — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:22:36 +0000

No, see, this is the part where you get schooled. You can’t imagine doing with an iDevice what we all do each night before we go to bed using NFC, because you already think you know what NFC as evidenced by your first paragraph, and then contradict yourself in the next.

abcd already mentioned X10, another standard to which NFC will find a home where encryption will be necessary for select tasks, like voting and registering firearms, and yes, setting the alarms.

NFC will validate too.

By: Cubert

Cubert — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:14:11 +0000

That was exactly my point. If its range is so short that you need to be within a few feet (or even closer), the premise makes no sense – even repeaters wouldn’t work. Will they build them into the studs of the wall?

By: G4Dualie

G4Dualie — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:08:55 +0000

Repeaters. Repeat after me, repeaters.

By: Gizmo

Gizmo — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:20:01 +0000

Probably the part where you claim you’ll shut down your house from your bedroom using this technology, when the N in NFC means either “touching” or “within a few centimeters.”

Unless you’re a very tiny person living in a 1 room doll-house, with all these devices at arm’s reach, I share Cubert’s confusion. I also think you’re being a bit of a prat. Looks like I’m not alone.

By: abcd

abcd — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:02:20 +0000

I think he means if you have to stand 1-2 feet away from an appliance to turn it on/off, what would be the point.

By: Really

Really — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:27:51 +0000

I agree on the implementation. It is also a bit ridiculous to pay $50 for a light switch!

By: abcd

abcd — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:23:49 +0000

X10 has been around for ages.

By: G4Dualie

G4Dualie — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:22:29 +0000

What part of near don’t you understand?

Sorry, but you make it easy?

By: G4Dualie

G4Dualie — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:21:29 +0000

No one here is really infatuated with home automation, just the thought of it. The practical implementation always leaves a lot to be desired.

By: Cubert

Cubert — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:09:22 +0000

Doesn’t NFC require very close proximity to work?

By: Really

Really — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:05:06 +0000

No need to wait for apple , you can get everything you need to automate your house and control it from your iOS device today.

Every manufacturer of home automation hardware offers iOS software or interfaces.

By: drz

drz — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:00:41 +0000

What about Insteon / Indigo?

By: G4Dualie

G4Dualie — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:51:15 +0000

This is my future. Aside from the dread of letting the computer guys just walk in here and, my iDevice will bring a smile to my face each evening as I lay in bed shutting down the house.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:46:00 +0000

Considering that Apple just acquired AuthenTec, it’s clear that NFC is going to be as huge as noted in this patent report.