Automated Home

Here’s a new video from LightwaveRF that gives a nice overview of their growing range of home automation products – including their new wireless radiator valves… Lightwave is a range of intelligent dimmers, radiator controls, sockets and sensors that are just that little bit smarter. While they look and work just like ordinary dimmers, controls [...]

Forbes magazine recently took a tour of the Savant Experience Center in New York to check out their Apple based Home Automation system.  Everything from lights, curtains, climate, TV, movies and music is controlled from iPads and iPod Touch remotes. The master bedroom features a rear projection setup that beams multiple TV images onto the curved glass wardrobes.  Else where [...]

Keene Electronics have just launched a new kit of HDMI Wall Plates with built-in IR capability. The pair of faceplates are passive so require no power supply.  They will send your HD signals room-to-room via 2 x CAT5 cables complete with IR feedback up to a distance of 30m.  Available now for around £90… This extender sends [...]

Couple of quick vids from Crestron’s Design Showroom in New York City showing the interaction of smart home technology and Interior design… Crestron.com Want More? - Follow us on Twitter, Like us on Facebook, or subscribe to our RSS feed. You can even get these news stories delivered via email, straight to your inbox every day

One of Insteon’s engineers is currently in the Automated Home doing some final field testing of UK modules and the units have performed flawlessly around our home.  Here are some photos of some final engineering samples and a quick video… Insteon refer to their system as “Dual Band” as every command gets transmitted over both [...]

Loxone have launched a new IR Extension device that sits in the consumer unit, like its Miniserver, which talks to up to 8 infra-red modules, that can be distributed throughout your home automation system. The IR-module and 1 pair of transmitters as a set are €199 and then further modules (up to 8 per extension) [...]

“The first ever episode of The BGR Show takes an in-depth look at the cutting-edge technology used to automate a $55 million estate in New Jersey. Over 2,000 lights, 48 TVs, 50 miles of wiring, 35 security cameras and hundreds of speakers combine to create a complex network that would be unmanageable if not for [...]

Sonos have just revealed their new product – a wireless subwoofer. Read on for all the details… “Sonos, Inc., the leading manufacturer of wireless music systems, today introduced the Sonos SUB, a stunningly designed wireless subwoofer that takes the whole Sonos Wireless HiFi System one seismic step closer to the spine-curling, jaw-dropping, full body experience [...]

During his freshman year at UC Berkeley, Derek Low set out to create the most ridiculously automated dorm room in the school ever. Three months and several hundred dollars later, ‘BRAD’ (Berkeley Ridiculously Automated Dorm) has been completed.  Check out the video below… [Update] Looks like Derek is having his fun automated dorm investigated ! [...]

A quick home automation video demo video of the JenNet-IP system controlling lighting via Wi-Fi.  NXP and Belkin WeMo are collaborating to show this system where each light bulb gets its own IPv6 address. The system uses an enhanced 6LoWPAN network layer as defined by the IETF and targets ultra-low-power IEEE802.15.4-based wireless networking for residential [...]