Word: controllable
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...these features have not come cheap, except in Japan. A U.S. homeowner who wanted automated control over an entire house had to have it custom wired by Unity or one of a handful of competing firms such as Hypertek in Whitehouse, N.J. These systems start at about $6,000 and go up quickly; the Arvays paid $22,000 for theirs...
...previous cost. Several manufacturers, including Texas Instruments, CyberLynx and AISI, have announced plans to shrink the CEBus electronics into a chip that can be embedded at the factory into everything from air conditioners to toaster ovens. Says Les Larsen, president of Boulder- based CyberLynx: "This will allow homeowners to control their environment to a degree not possible before...
CEBus systems use a house's existing wiring to control appliances. For example, a homeowner might plug a CEBus-compatible microwave oven into a wall socket in the kitchen. Then he or she could set the oven temperature and its start and stop time by using a CEBus controller. That could be a telephone linked to the house's electrical system, a home computer plugged into a wall socket or a remote hand-held controller that beams infrared rays to an outlet. Last week Bell Atlantic announced plans to test a new system that uses standard phones to control...
Reagan could never master the arcana of nuclear weaponry or arms control. Even the finer points of economics, one of his majors in college, eluded him. But he understood Middle American folklore and myth very well. After growing up in small-town simplicity and pursuing his first career in Hollywood, Reagan needed no tutoring in symbolism. By 1980 a frustrated, confused America had lost all patience with stagflation at home, impudent adversaries abroad and ambiguity from its leadership. The moment was perfect for a leader who dealt in stark simplicities. When he declared that "government is not the solution...
...recent months Japanese businessmen and educators have quietly offered to bail out several financially strapped schools in return for control of their governing boards. The purpose: to expand study-abroad opportunities for Japanese university students. "The American higher-education system is the best in the world," says Julia Ericksen, vice provost of Philadelphia's Temple University. "The Japanese recognize that...