The page below has some great home automation projects you can solder together yourself:
Some neat things I've found on this site:
Water heater monitor
Heated toilet seat
Flood monitor
Motorized blinds
Rain sensor
Using a tuner card input to view a standard non-ip based camera on the web
Smoke detector monitoring circuits
http://www.edcheung.com/automa/
Linky
Some neat things I've found on this site:
Water heater monitor
Heated toilet seat
Flood monitor
Motorized blinds
Rain sensor
Using a tuner card input to view a standard non-ip based camera on the web
Smoke detector monitoring circuits
http://www.edcheung.com/automa/
Linky