Running speaker cables to your rear surround speakers isn't always easy.  In an increasingly wireless world here's a gadget that might improve the look of your media room and please SWMBO.  The new Marmitek Surround Anywhere220 is a digital transmitter and receiver pair that allows you to cut the cord between your AV amp and your effects speakers.  The system is available from today and is priced around £110.  Check out the video after the jump for an insight into how it works...

Helvar has launched new control panels for their DIGIDIM range of smart home lighting products. They say the new designs refresh the look of existing plates while retaining their build quality and functionality...

Chalmor have launched a new remote controlled thermostatic electronic radiator valve designed to save on gas or oil central heating costs.  Existing thermostatic radiator valves can be easily swapped to the £60 eTRV's in a few minutes...

Crestron has announced the launch of its new 24" V-Panel touch screen which combines full touch screen navigation, high performance graphics and HD video with DigitalMedia 8G connectivity, all on a 24" high-definition widescreen display...

Here's a neat little mount that has moved from a Kickstart project to become a real world product. The $30 patent-pending TotalMount Apple TV Bracket provides 3 different mounting options for hiding your Apple TV 2 behind your flat screen telly.  Check out the video after the jump...

In a quest to make our MacBook last out until next years rumoured major redesign (carbon fibre anyone?) we decided to do the trendy thing and install an SSD.  However we've always been used to having a big hard drive so the 128GB SSD we chose wasn't going to allow us to hold our entire LightRoom library and video files on the laptop like we're used to.  The solution?  Removing our un-used optical drive and replacing it with one of the recently launched 1TB 2.5" 9.5mm hard drives.  SSD speed plus a capacious spindle to store all our stuff on, does it get much better than this?  It's an easy project that anyone can follow.  Here's how we did it...

Here's the latest video case study from Control4 showing how the system is helping one family with an Autistic child...

Many home automators have legacy systems linking to external control hardware via RS232.  As times and (OS's) have moved on many if us that ran multiple PCs have consolidated then into a single unit to ease management and running costs (as electricity prices have soared).  Virtualisation is another hot topic and moving to USB eases the pain with the move considerably.  Best of all the USB 2.0 to 4 x RS-232 ports is currently under £25 with the Dual channel version around £15...

JSJS Designs based in Birmingham in the UK have produced a range of wireless home automation products under the LightwaveRF brand. Particularly suited to the retro-fit market, it's a large range with many different types of units available. Now there's a the LightwaveRF Connect Wifi-Link which allows you to use a PC, Smartphone, iPhone or iPod Touch etc to remotely control any of your LightwaveRF devices using one single controller at or away from home.  Check out the video after the jump...

Home Automation software makers, HomeSeer, have just put a 45 minute webinar video of an introduction to HSTouch - their touchscreen interface software.  If you're a new HSTouch user or even thinking of going with this UI for your smart home control then check out the video below...