Slingbox inventor, Blake Krikorian and Crestron today announced the release of the R2 Control App for Crestron, a software app that turns virtually any Android smart phone or tablet into a fully-functional Crestron touch panel for residential and commercial applications. Utilising the R2 app and Crestron processors, customers can now control AV, lighting, thermostats, security systems, and thousands of other products via their Android device from anywhere in the world.  Check out all the details and the video after the jump...

Here's another tiny PC with an appetite of just 14 Watts.  The ECOPC N.1A from Evo Technologies is fanless and silent and ideal for lots of home automation server duties. Best of all the bare bones unit is available direct from the manufacturers for $241 (around £150).  Full specs and PR after the jump...

Cytech have just announced their new iOS App for the Comfort home automation and security system.  The first version is for iPhone and iPod Touch and features keypad emulation, zone status display, the home control menu plus an alarm events display...

Described as 'the world's first Push & Point quick installation Wi-Fi minidome', the new Y-Cam EyeBall promises performance and ease of use with it's innovative lens system.  Like the other cameras in the Y-Cam range it features motion detection, with the camera emailing you a snapshot of the action and recording to the microSD card.  The Eyeball also brings the ability to record directly to a NAS and boasts 2-way audio and PoE capabilities too.  Check out the video after the jump...

It's more than four years since we found the first Linutop PC.  Now in it's fourth generation the new Linutop 4 is more powerful, smaller and even more energy efficient.  The miniature, silent fanless PC is now powered by a 1.6 GHz Intel ATOM and uses solid state flash memory instead of a spindle.  The result is great performance and yet less than 14 Watts in use...

We've brought you lots of different wall mount options for the iPad from cool motorised systems costing many hundreds of pounds to last months 'Pad Bracket' at under £25.  Now here's an interesting if a little low-tech approach that will allow you to wall mount you iPad or Android tablet etc on the wall. The Hedgie iPad & Universal Tablet PC Mounting Solution is available now for around £8.  Check out the video below...

The idea of creating a battery with a built in RF transmitter to convert your IR remote to something that would work through walls has been around since 2004.  Now NexGen have announced two new systems that work up to 40 metres away from your equipment.  The Xray Remote Extender (£59) and the enhanced Genius Remote Extender (£69) that will operate multiple Sky boxes individually for example.  Check out the full PR details and video after the jump...

Keene have announced the addition to their catalogue of a new HDbaseT HDMI Extender system. The Aavara PE3D4K100A will send 3D 1080P with 7.1 channel audio, plus IR and RS232 control, whilst maintaining your 100Mbps Ethernet LAN too - all over just one single CAT5 cable....