Word of the day… Domotics.
OK, I am not sure when that word came into play, but I read it a month ago on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_automation) and now I am seeing it all over the place… EBay (http://search.ebay.com/domotics), my TV show NCIS recently mentioned it, and now my tech papers…. Why now? Did I always read it as it is defined “Home Automation?”
It appears to have traveled here to America from Europe. It is from the French word domotique, and they got it from Latin Domus meaning home and tic meaning blood sucking… just kidding tic means “information. It can loosely mean Home Automation or Smart houses (I’m not making that up http://www.domoticlab.se/pdf/engbroch.pdf)
So next time you are on Jeopardy and they bring it up (which they recently did,) be like me, look smart and say “Home Automation” and amaze your friends
And that’s how I see it
