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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...

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...

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....

Crestron have announced their third generation digital AV network technology.  The system will distribute any mix of digital and analogue AV signals over a single cable.  That means uncompressed 1080p HD video, 3D video, and high-definition computer signals, plus HD digital audio, control, data, and Ethernet and even 4K video in the future...

This months 'My Automated Home' comes from Delmar Fadden, a man that's no stranger to electronics.  As a retired avionics and flight deck engineer he's spent a lifetime at the sharp end of control systems.  Now with a passion for home automation, he takes us on a tour of his Seattle smart home system which runs on ECS...