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As momentum continues to grow in the Z-Wave smart home wireless mesh networking system we interview their Director of Sales, Bent Sorensen.  We pose your questions from Twiiter and Facebook and discuss the evolving protocol, TV gateways, openess and the carbon footprint...

If you missed the half price deal on the Bye Bye Standby Energy Saving Kit at Amazon earlier this week, it's back!  No clue on how long it will last this time but if you're in the market for three one remote socket and a controller the deal is HERE .

UPDATE - we're hearing this deal is for ONE socket and remote.  People that ordered are starting to receive this email - "There has been an error on the Amazon listing whereby an old image and description of the product has been shown" 

UPDATE 2 - Thanks for your comments.  This is all starting to look very fishy to us too! The Amazon Marketplace seller "AllThingsGreen" is still displaying a description for this article as "Box Contains - 3 x Bye Bye Standby Smart Socket, 1 x Bye Bye Standby Remote Control".  Also - how can 1 socket and 1 remote be £29.99 for Half Price £14.99 (+P&P) when Amazon sell that pack at £11.99 without discount!

More 'Z-Wave Helps Save the World' type stuff today with the new QEES SmartGate and Open Software Platform.  The hardware and software pair, in conjunction with metering devices, enable home owners to monitor and control their energy usage.  The SmartGate is described as an "All-in-one-Gateway' that replaces your wireless router and adds a telephone gateway, energy management and home controls.  With the Open Software Platform users can also configure and control entire smart home networks...

The Idratek guys have been busy.  As well as launching a new version of their website they've also just released a major new update of their Cortex software (version 25).  In addition there are two new hardware modules available too.  The PC/IDRANet interface module (PCU-001)which provides a USB data interface and conventional analogue audio interfaces.  Plus a new push button module - the DBI-001 which is a dual button faceplate with LED indicators and also incorporates two general purpose digital inputs with pulse counting capability. Ideal for simple user interactions such as light switching/dimming or blind control and for connecting any nearby switch type sensors into the IDRATEK network...