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Here's another inexpensive way to dabble in Home Automation.  With this Bye Bye Standby (Domia) PIR you get a wireless motion sensor for just £15.00 - Amaze your friends as your appliances turn on or off as you move around your home...

myhome247 have just launched their new 24/7 home surveillance system.  The kits start at £250 (plus £5.95 per month) and provide home security and control, with one button setup, secure remote monitoring and support for Windows, Mac and Linux-based web browser...

We often hear that one of the great advantages of IP over PSTN is the increased speed of alarm signal transmission. Whilst this is partly true, alarm installers need to understand the different stages of an alarm signal transaction in order to take full advantage of this available speed.

Typically, from the time an alarm panel is activated, it takes approximately 10-15 seconds to dial the telephone number and send a DTMF or FSK signal over a PSTN line. When an IP dialer capture device is used, it listens for the telephone digits, ignores them, plays a handshake, takes the signal, plays a kiss-off and then transmits the signal over IP. Even though the actual transmission over IP might take only a couple of hundred milliseconds, the whole process takes approximately the same time as it does over PSTN. So where is the speed advantage in using IP...?

We've been watching the innovative "AlertMe" home security system with interest over its development process.  Today marks the official launch of the package onto the market.  If you're looking for a self install home security and monitoring system you should check out the AlertMe video after the jump for a great explanation of how it works...

The Master Lock Smart Touch is a Finger Activated Universal Garage Door Opener.  The $130 device can hold profiles for up to 20 users and comes with a seperate handheld programmer that walks the user through the enrolement process...