(Steve Jobs walks onstage, to the applause from the audience)
This year, we've declared 2006 as the Year of the Smart Home. We are pleased to announce the addition of the xBook, xPlug, Airport XS, and xPod while providing a substantial update to OS X Server. We've also expanded our iSight line with the addition of the xSight.
To begin, we're updating OS X Server and the Xserve, to bring you OS X Server HA, your home media solution. The heart of home automation begins with a solution for distributed audio and video, which we have provided with the release of the iDVR, a digital video recorder and mass storage solution. You may remember iDVR from before our acquisition of TiVo. Of course, hardware is only half of the solution, so we have partnered with such companies as Perceptive Automation, makers of Indigo, and BenSoft, creators of SecuritySpy.
On to the xBook, an 8" touch screen tablet designed for use in the home. The xBook can be carried from room to room or mounted vertically on a wall. Communicating wirelessly with the Xserve HA, the xBook terminal can control home appliances using Indigo or view surveillance cameras with SecuritySpy, using a whole house diagram provided by our recent acquisition of Premier Architect from the now defunct Abracada. We will also be releasing the Premier Architect/Landscape suite as a standalone product, soon.
How do you control your home appliances, you ask? The new xPlug couples the Airport Express with Insteon technology and includes the option to expand its capability with a hardwired USB LabJack.
(Queue demo of Everyday Software's Maquarium controlling an aquarium's lighting, pumps, chiller, and probes using xPlug, followed by AgPro's ProFeeder using the xPlug to automatically feed a stable filled with horses.)
Granted, we'd like to take wireless technology beyond the home, and into the outdoors. For this we announce the Airport XS, providing a WiFi Hotspot of 3,000' in radius. To demonstrate this technology, we'd like to introduce BenSoft's SecuritySpy software, using the new xSight, a wireless network camera for use indoors and out. Containing infrared emitters, the XSight is capable of switching from daylight viewing in color to monochrome night vision using SecuritySpy. Optional accessories include an underwater housing and an adapter for your Meade telescope.
Of course, a smart home isn't just about turning on lamps and watching cameras. We are proud to announce a partnership with iRobot and Friendly Robotics, to bring you a new generation of the Romba automatic floor vacuum and Scooba automatic floor mop, both monitored and controlled by the xServe HA. Friendly Robotics, makers of the robomower, has partnered with Corbin Motors, makers of the Sparrow electric car, to create the iMow, a 60 horsepower tractor with optional bush hog and backhoe attachments.
Oh, and there is one more thing. Now for something we're extremely excited about, the xPod. The xPod is a wearable device, which remotely monitors the user's location and vital signs, while providing communication via an on-board microphone and speaker. For use within the range of an Airport XS, the xPod may be used to monitor the condition of a sick child or to keep track of a family pet. Hospitals and daycares have already expressed an interest in this new technology. The imbedded microphone may also be used to provide voice commands to the Xserve HA. When outside of the range of the Airport XS, the xPod integrated seamlessly with the iPhone. Oh, did I forget to mention the iPhone?
(Steve Jobs looks into the dumbfounded audience)
What, you were expecting iBooks and Mac Minis today?
This year, we've declared 2006 as the Year of the Smart Home. We are pleased to announce the addition of the xBook, xPlug, Airport XS, and xPod while providing a substantial update to OS X Server. We've also expanded our iSight line with the addition of the xSight.
To begin, we're updating OS X Server and the Xserve, to bring you OS X Server HA, your home media solution. The heart of home automation begins with a solution for distributed audio and video, which we have provided with the release of the iDVR, a digital video recorder and mass storage solution. You may remember iDVR from before our acquisition of TiVo. Of course, hardware is only half of the solution, so we have partnered with such companies as Perceptive Automation, makers of Indigo, and BenSoft, creators of SecuritySpy.
On to the xBook, an 8" touch screen tablet designed for use in the home. The xBook can be carried from room to room or mounted vertically on a wall. Communicating wirelessly with the Xserve HA, the xBook terminal can control home appliances using Indigo or view surveillance cameras with SecuritySpy, using a whole house diagram provided by our recent acquisition of Premier Architect from the now defunct Abracada. We will also be releasing the Premier Architect/Landscape suite as a standalone product, soon.
How do you control your home appliances, you ask? The new xPlug couples the Airport Express with Insteon technology and includes the option to expand its capability with a hardwired USB LabJack.
(Queue demo of Everyday Software's Maquarium controlling an aquarium's lighting, pumps, chiller, and probes using xPlug, followed by AgPro's ProFeeder using the xPlug to automatically feed a stable filled with horses.)
Granted, we'd like to take wireless technology beyond the home, and into the outdoors. For this we announce the Airport XS, providing a WiFi Hotspot of 3,000' in radius. To demonstrate this technology, we'd like to introduce BenSoft's SecuritySpy software, using the new xSight, a wireless network camera for use indoors and out. Containing infrared emitters, the XSight is capable of switching from daylight viewing in color to monochrome night vision using SecuritySpy. Optional accessories include an underwater housing and an adapter for your Meade telescope.
Of course, a smart home isn't just about turning on lamps and watching cameras. We are proud to announce a partnership with iRobot and Friendly Robotics, to bring you a new generation of the Romba automatic floor vacuum and Scooba automatic floor mop, both monitored and controlled by the xServe HA. Friendly Robotics, makers of the robomower, has partnered with Corbin Motors, makers of the Sparrow electric car, to create the iMow, a 60 horsepower tractor with optional bush hog and backhoe attachments.
Oh, and there is one more thing. Now for something we're extremely excited about, the xPod. The xPod is a wearable device, which remotely monitors the user's location and vital signs, while providing communication via an on-board microphone and speaker. For use within the range of an Airport XS, the xPod may be used to monitor the condition of a sick child or to keep track of a family pet. Hospitals and daycares have already expressed an interest in this new technology. The imbedded microphone may also be used to provide voice commands to the Xserve HA. When outside of the range of the Airport XS, the xPod integrated seamlessly with the iPhone. Oh, did I forget to mention the iPhone?
(Steve Jobs looks into the dumbfounded audience)
What, you were expecting iBooks and Mac Minis today?
