As many EclipseCon attendees are likely to spend more time with their IDE and Java than with their families at home, they might find the idea appealing to also use Eclipse technologies for remotely adjusting the heating, turning off the lights, checking if the latest internet shopping has arrived or telling their spouses "I love you" through XMPP and text-to-speech, while staying late in the office another time ;-)
So if you are a geek and are interested in hardware, do not miss my talk at EclipseCon Europe this Thursday, 11.30am. I am going to demonstrate you how easy it is to add new hardware devices to your home automation infrastructure as well - luckily a few sensors are spread out over the conference venue.
You have not heard about the M2M contest at EclipseCon Europe yet? Go and prepare yourself for your participation then! And no worries - I won't compete with you in the programming contest as I will be a member of the jury :-) Looking forward to your submissions!