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Gadgets heretofore unheard of and unimagined are sure to be on the menu at CES. The Lagotek HIP Modes is no doubt among them, being the very first technology of its kind to enable the use of iPhone and iPod touch for home control over Wi-Fi and GPRS/EDGE. The technology applied is based on a Microsoft technology called SideShow, which is usually found on laptops and serves to access emails and messaging while the computer is in sleep mode. When the Lagotek HIP home automation system is installed, just one touch will permit the homeowner to control lights, temperature, music, audio/video devices and the security system.

According to Lagotek CEO, Eugene Luskin:

“This is probably the highest concentration of coolness in one device with Vista Sideshow on iPod doing home automation over WiFi. Our friends at Ikanos Consulting are amazing and, working together, we can achieve in weeks what Microsoft and Apple would never be able to bring to the market. I am very excited with this important step in making Lagotek’s vision of ‘automation in every home from any device and from anywhere’ closer to reality. This is a perfect complementary solution for our cell phone home control application.”

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