That's awesome. Our simple system is just to have motion detector bulbs in the hallway and bathroom, which is where you usually want lights to turn on when there are people moving in those spaces.

I hate lights on motion (or sound) detectors. What if you want to stay there for while, maybe talking with a guest, or reading some paper? Or maybe you want to hook something on the wall?

Well placed switches are good enough, no?

I see what you mean and admit it has happened perhaps twice so far that the light went out when I needed it. But the times when walking in darkness at night or when coming home are much more often, so overall it has been a win. Not to mention saving electricity, as you never forget to turn off the lights.

Me too, which is why I used the Kinect, which detects presence without motion, even in the dark.

That's awesome, have you considered blogging about your setup?

I have indeed: http://blog.mikebourgeous.com/2011/03/08/home-automation-and...

Hope you find it informative :-)

Wow. That is really incredible! See, that's the living-in-the-future kind of thing I want today!