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Friday, 27 January 2012 |
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Powerline adapters have been around for a while. They provide a great way to add an Ethernet socket to locations where running a network cable would be impractical. Now UK tech start-up company, Power Ethernet, has launched the ‘PE Socket, the first product to integrate Powerline networking technology directly into an electrical outlet. Check out the video after the jump... |
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 |
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Cytech have release a new C-Bus To KNX / EIB bridge module to translate from one protocol to the other... |
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Tuesday, 24 January 2012 |
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If you're serious about home automation then you'll probably want a powerful controller at the heart of your system. Polish smart home specialist, Fibaro have launched just such a device, and the new "Home Center 2" is a handsome aluminum clad Z-Wave system which the makers say "redefines Z-Wave based home automation and introduces the real Home Intelligence"... |
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Thursday, 19 January 2012 |
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We love a good hardware hack and here's a great one from Automated Home reader Martin Howell. A Velleman IR kit plus a makeup mirror and some Arduino jiggery-pokery allows Martin's home to let him know when there's something in his mail box on the gatepost... |
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Wednesday, 18 January 2012 |
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The new Marmitek Digital TV Anywhere set comprises a transmitter and a receiver pair. Connect the transmitter to the SCART output on your Freeview / Sky / Other set-top box, then connect the receiver to a TV somewhere else in the house. Then the picture, sound and IR commands from your remote control are sent wirelessly between the two. The £149 system is available now, check out the video after the jump... |
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Monday, 16 January 2012 |
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It's no secret that we're big Plex fans here at Automated Home. But while we love our Mac mini powered setup on the main AV system, even a second hand Mac mini of suitable spec is around £350 these days. That's why we were excited to hear of a £100 box that would bring us the Plex experience. It's been a while since the announcement but finally we've got our hands on one of the new LG ST600 TV Upgrader boxes. Read on to find out how it performs... |
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Wednesday, 11 January 2012 |
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LG's UK Blog has announced 2 new TV Upgrader models (the SP520 and SP820), both coming this year. We're assuming this will herald the death of the ST600? Hopefully these new models will deliver a much better user experience than the first attempt and it looks like the Plex guys will be supporting it again... |
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Wednesday, 11 January 2012 |
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The guys over at Vesternet have just given us the skinny on the all new VeraLite Z-Wave home automation controller from Micasaverde. We can exclusively reveal that they will have the first units into Europe with shipping due to start around the 23rd, they are accepting pre-orders now. Check out the stats on this interesting new system and the setup video after the jump... |
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Wednesday, 11 January 2012 |
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One of the more joyous tasks in the digital home is setting up a monitoring system for your new arrival to the family. BabyPing is a new division of Y-cam Solutions and they aim to make that a much easier and more pleasant task with their new high-quality Wi-Fi IP CCTV setup. In conjunction with it's free iOS app the system allows parents to watch and listen to their baby on an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch... |
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Tuesday, 10 January 2012 |
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A quick home automation video demo video of the JenNet-IP system controlling lighting via Wi-Fi. NXP and Belkin WeMo are collaborating to show this system where each light bulb gets its own IPv6 address. The system uses an enhanced 6LoWPAN network layer as defined by the IETF and targets ultra-low-power IEEE802.15.4-based wireless networking for residential and industrial applications...
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