I have been reading about X10 and other systems for home automation and was going to try to begin by adding some basic voice activation to my house. I was thinking that I could have a server where audio and video from my rooms gets input and processed, but I'm not sure how the hardware of this can/should be setup and was hoping for general advice on the subject.
I was thinking that I could have a webcam stuck in the corner of each room with audio support and have that sent to my computer, but I don't know how I would send the information. It would be nice not to have to wire cables through the house, and I don't know if there are reasonably priced cameras that could communicate over wifi or bluetooth. The only way I can think of would be having a cheap laptop in each room that handles the individual cameras, but this doesn't seem ideal because of size, power, and cost.
Thanks for any advice.