Not too long ago, Marc Fleury went public with his newest venture, an open source home automation "project" (not yet officially a company) called OpenRemote. Marc describes it as "an open community in the Home Automation or Domotics space", that "promote[s] open standards, open collaboration, and open implementations in the field."

Fleury continues to stress that what makes OpenRemote different from other home automation systems you may have seen is that it focuses solely on the software aspect of things. To help users who want to use the OpenRemote system in their own home, he and the community at OpenRemote have published a Bill of Materials and many other references to assist in the design, construction and implementation process.

You can sign up and join the conversations in the forums to get involved, or just learn a bit more about the system at the official website.