Wonder what the future house will look like? Daydream about Jetsons-like home intelligence? Elroy, Judy, Jane and George might be very pleased with the XOHM-fueled Smart Home open house from Motorola Inc. and Sprint-Nextel Corp., at WiMAX World 2008.
Chicago's Smart Home, a three-story structure located at Chicago's Museum of Science & Industry, was built using green building techniques, technology that manages home energy use and is designed with the latest in communications technology in mind. WiMAX World attendees last night were able to sample Sprint’s XOHM WiMAX network in action via laptops and devices on walkways surrounding the Smart Home.
Inside the home, a Motorola WiMAX network powered demonstrations of media mobility, showing how family members can stay connected to their content while moving throughout the home or on their mobile device as they enter and leave their home environment. Other demonstrations included video streaming, remote home management capabilities and home telephony over WiMAX and gaming.
"The Smart Home was a perfect venue for Motorola to show using a typical user's home environment how our WiMAX solutions are accelerating the delivery of personal media experiences," said Fred Wright, senior vice president, Motorola Home & Networks Mobility. "It also was a compelling demonstration of what XOHM service will offer when Sprint launches service in Chicago."
