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Here's a mini marvel that caught our eye.  A 16:9 7" photoframe that incorporates a digital TV tuner and comes with a remote control all for just £45.  While it is small, it strikes us this could just be perfectly formed for some hacking into a bathroom TV mounted flush with your tiles.  With decent 'proper' bathroom tellys costing up to £1,500, it's worth a try.  If you manage to do the mod let us know!

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to just glance at your doors and tell if they were locked or unlocked. This Automated Home reader has done just that and can tell the status of each door from the colour of the LED.  Read on for the photos and the circuit details...

Here's a project that made us smile.  Some inexpensive X10 kit, the creative use of a window sensor and some imaginative macro programming brings together the Automated Talking Chair....

In recent weeks the HomeEasy wireless home automation kit from Byron has attracted a lot of interest.  Its low cost and extensive ranges of modules even lead our reviewer to conclude it may be the X10 replacement he's looking for.  However, the one thing that’s been missing is any sort of PC integration.  Until now...

We're huge fans of xBox Media Center here at Automated Home, and with 2nd hand boxes available for around £40 theses days it really is the media player bargain of the century. One little problem is the lack of an IR controlled On/Off facility for the system, but now UK Home Automation mailing list old timer, and serial moder Quinten Uijldert has blogged his installation of the XIR Easy Kit which fixes this issue...