The Raspberry Pi and Arduino are two great technologies to create home automation projects. As they continue to grow, the tasks that we will be able to achieve at home using homebrew devices will grow even larger.
Let's take a look of some of the other tools that will become increasingly available to home enthusiasts.
3D printing is a method of taking a three-dimensional image and then printing it in a substance such as plastic or metal. The advent of cheaper 3D printing has provided home automation enthusiasts with a new tool for their arsenal. 3D printing's ability to create custom cases and brackets for devices, and then print these in plastic provides a gateway to a whole new world of exciting designs.
Printers such as the Makerbot have opened up 3D printing to the home market. For those who can't afford a 3D printer at home, there are services such as Shapeways (http://www.shapeways.com/), which allows the customer to upload a 3D image to the website...