REST API to change the way we will live tomorrow's house. Rethink your house
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I'm scared about where they found their proof-reader.
People who decide whether to buy a home automation system or not don't give a flying fuck about interoperability - they want one vendor to install and maintain it for them anyway. What they care about is cost, features and (for renovations) how hard it is to install the hardware, and how much it can do for the money and time invested.
What we need is more accessible hardware, not more software. There is plenty of open source home automation software. What we need are cheap ways to build sensors, buttons, actuators etc, plus a cheap way to make them look good, too (that last part is the hardest, actually).
Today we have more than 10 existing standards. Devices in this way just do not communicate. Sure, the second step will be giving hardware at lower price and easier to install, but right now the most important part is to make home automation accessible to everyone.
About the website and the english, time will improve it. We are still in a early phase, and in few months we will release the API. Right now we are looking for comments and critiques to better improve.
Lelylan will provide a REST layer on top of all of your devices in your house. It may not change the world but would certainly make developing apps that communicate with home automation devices much easier. Things like turning on/off any light in the house would be HTTP POST calls. It doesn't matter which XYZ protocols are underneath.
This same idea has been applied to the commercial automation industry as well and it's powerful to be able to navigate and control every device with REST.
That said, the home page needs a lot of work. It's garish and the english is terrible. And does anyone really say "mashup" these days?