European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Many  buildings Are  d Wilh built in electronic a Sloms that regulate Rosment. Security and lighting. Figure Hal by 1995,25 to 30 percent of houses some form of automated Home control said tease of Coberlyn. A Boulder. Colo company no lectures a Basic system Lor $600 lesser president of x-10 Usa inc. Of Northvale. A once you get used to switching Oil the irs lights irom upstairs you la never go Back " f seems Monitor motion and switch Oil lights in Nied rooms which is especially useful for Wilh Lor Gottul children i Are Hrco approaches to Homo automation Al products thai plug into Homes products that some no wiring and the Complete rewiring Olse for a fully integrated system. I products can be installed n traditionally wired. The least in pensive is the Basic x-10 system osts less than $100. Any electric device with an Wilch can be plugged into an x-10 module. I turn is plugged into a Normal outlet and de by 9 hand hold cordless device computer be or timer. The system can be programmed to heat automatically or turn on televisions and Light while a Homeowner is away. Over a houses in the United Stales have x-10 modules. Ubl Shi s system ranging irom $2,000 to i depending on options will use some x-10 s and some wiring built into Walls. Ysalem emphasises Security one of the is Selling Points for Home control systems. D by digital key pads including Pushbutton nes it has motion sensors closed circuit s and window and roof sensors Allol which can aled from a single control Center its Brick wans dormers and gabled Rool. The 30 smart House looks deceptively conventional any appliance can be plugged in oils special i and activated from any location with lore a phone of television screen. Smart House hrs of climate thai Energy costs could be Cut by percent through the system s automatic 3mofi1 Ngi Tike these the consortium believes Are a Sive argument. The group estimates that there eight million smart houses built in the United by 1998. At which Point the installation Cost of v Cable will be about the same As conventional venture is widely regarded As protectionist. Appliances made by the american in tuners who have underwritten he smart House Able to take Lull acl anlage of the two Way Cable Viil be widely available in about three years be appliances and other non smart House is will not be Able to give of receive commands 113 Cable Al least until leasing agreements Are 3ler consortium was the first to be established under Lional Coq i alive research act of 1984 this if 1 anti list restrictions among american Nies that Are normally competitors to enable 3 wort together and compete against foreign Nies he consortium s a Templ to turn japanese to into second class electronic citizens May e. Consumers who already own a japanese on Var or tape deck May see Little advantage in a system that does not enhance its Nance. A Milter of the electronic industries association group is devising an electronic Standard Lor in Calion Between Home electronic products . Both Loreign and Domestic i await such a Standard. Be a Standard is established probably shia year said a wide variety of products will begin to a Mariet in two  no Lack of affordable housing in . By James Litke associated press Home buying baby Boomers Ere older and have a smaller household but want More room than their counterparts of a decade ago and they la pay More than twice As much Lor it a study has concluded. If there is any one highlight it would be our finding that there is no housing affordability crisis. There is ample housing available Tor a wide Range of incomes said Mike Wilson associate director of research for the Chicago based . League of savings institutions. The National median Price of a Home in 1967 was �93.000, More than double the �44,000 of a decade ago according to the study. The san Francisco Oal