If I Were A Rich Man #1:Home Automation

Keep in mind almost all of the this stuff exists. Making my Jarvis.



General Stuff

• Storage Server
• Secure Wifi
• Windows Server Edition on All Computers (They will duel boot)
• Vertical Space Utilization (Up Not Out)
  

Media

• Media Servers Connected Across all devices and computers (for movies, and music)
  
• Wireless Digital Picture Frames
• Wireless Set Top Boxes and Internet Connected TVs
• Wall Mounted Displays For Larger Art (If I were a rich man)
• DVR recording to media server
• Music Content
  
• Audio Levels on Music
• Voice Activation on all of the above
• Digital Radio Receiver
  
• Speakers in every room
  

Workstations

• Top of the Line Computers (I'm not going into specs they always change anyway)
• Multiple OS Booting on each computer. (I keep saying I'm going to slap linux on each new computer I get and doing it on one with the hard drive mostly filled is a b... you know.)
• Multiple Large Touch Screen Monitors surrounding me (I've been checking out monitor clamps)
  
• 5.1 Surround Sound in each room
  
• Wireless Monitor Cables so what's on the screen can be transmitted to other places in the house.
• Bluetooth
• Siri
  

Mobile Computing (All containing various network and automation software)

• Laptop (Duel Booting, networked, blady blady bla)
• Iphone and / Android Phone (Same Dealie)
• I-pad
  

Actual Automation and Macro Programing. (Controlled by Smartphone, tablet,laptop.. okay any computer and automated through integration with Google Calender or Microsoft Outlook)

• Digital Thermostat
• Sound Dampening Technology
  
• Self Cleaning Literbox (Don't like cats but if I did...)
• Automated shower cleaner
  
• Garden and Lawn Irrigation System
• Roomba Vacuum
  
• Sprinkler Fire Suppression
  
• Doors
• Curtain and Blinds
  
• Speaker Control
  
• Windows
• Blinds
  
• Lighting,dimmers and colored lighting (measured in frequency and intensity)
  
• Music (All sound volumes shall be measured in decibels not the arbitrary units of manufacturers)
  
• Television
• Washer/Dryer
  
• Sleep Number Bed or Air Mattress
  
• Picture Frames
• Voice Activation across the board
  
• water temperature, timer,volume,nozzle,flow and, pressure controls (Okay I thought the Dilbert tech was cool.

• Humidity control
• Infrastructure sensors (Energy Auditing, bandwidth,water pressure, ect)
  
• Air quality control and filtration (If it isn't clear by now I have allergies okay)
  
• Some sort of personalized alarm (I liked the scene in Zenon

Hell I don't know why I don't do it now. I have the tech.)

Kitchen (Better Cooking Through Science!)

• General Equipment Integrated into system (I have an Amazon wishlist okay)
  
• Temperature Sensors integrated into stove as well as wireless cooking thermometers
  
• Smart Refrigerator that can interface with I-pad
• Grocery Inventory Program and Scanners at cabinet and fridge
• Laptop/I-pad for recipes
  
• Interfaced Wall Monitor for kitchen
  
• Timers that interface into all other household devices
• The Ability to Turn off but not on (safety) stove and oven from automation program
  
• Dishwasher and Garbage Disposal
• Vacuum Sealing (The Foodsaver)
• Water volume sensors
• Automated Drink Mixer (Who likes margaritas.)
• Electronic Cooking Scale
  

Security (Lock it down!)

• Standard Antivirus, Firewall, and Encryption Tech (Yeah I'll probably need more than that.)
  
• Security camera's recording to media server.
• Door Camera and Speaker
• Electronic Locks (Okay that might just be overkill)
• Motion Detectors
• Exterior Lights
  
• Alarm
• Weight Sensors at door (You steal; I know.)
• Electronic bolt and strike locks...multiple ones... at all points of entry including windows
  
• Automatic Alarms sent to cell phone in case of home intrusion (You steal; I know.)
• Door Reinforcement (Nothing like 5 inches of steel and concrete to keep intruders out, though now I think I'm just getting paranoid.)
• Blast doors (Since I've tiped the paranoid scale already)
  
• GPS on high value items.
  
• The voice activated key beeper (not technically security but damn it how many times have I lost my keys?)
  

Communications

• Voice Activated Speaker Phone Integrated with Outlook and Google Contacts.
• Integrated Caller ID
• Skype Integration
• Pamela for recording phone calls
• Video Phone (with ability to overlay levels and switch to other video feeds)
  
• All ready went into the smart phones
• Text to speech software to read emails as well as speech to text to dictate them
• Satellite dish (Eh why not.)
• Twitter and facebook integrated into monitors (Xbox already does it)