HomeKit: Eve Degree is Stylish Temperature, Humidity & Air Pressure Monitor with Display
The HomeKit system in the Automated Home is building nicely. The latest edition is the Eve (formerly Elgato) ‘Degree’. A small 54mm rounded square in…
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Klevio Launches Smart Intercom That Opens Doors with Your Phone
Klevio is a smart intercom that opens your doors using your phone – without replacing your existing locks, capable of opening multiple doors, and with…
Plug in the i-box Ellipsis Smart Speaker for Neat Cable Free Alexa Smart Home Control
i-box have announced the new Ellipsis smart speaker. Designed to bring all the benefits of an Amazon Alexa enabled product, it also removes the issue…
Faradite Launches Volt-Free PIR Motion Sensor That’s as Small as a GU10 Spotlight
British smart home accessories manufacturer Faradite has announced a new volt-free variant to its range of low profile motion sensors that are designed for the…
Review: How My New 2018 15″ MacBook Pro Stacks Up Against My Mid-2012 Model it’s Replacing
It’s six years ago this month that I got my 15″ Retina MacBook Pro. Although it’s also mostly brand new it’s starting to feel a…
Replacing Your Sonos CR100 Controllers with iPort xPRESS Keypads
Automated Home veteran Paul Gordon is mourning the decision by Sonos to end support for his much loved CR100 controllers. Sonos have heard the reaction…
Setting Up a Plex Freeview Network DVR with Silicondust HDHomeRun
Plex has had Live TV and DVR capabilities for some time now, but a recent update has added the familiar Grid View to its program guide….
Setting Up Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) at the Automated Home
Living in the countryside is great, except for one thing, the dreaded curse that is rural broadband. Actually to be fair we weren’t tooooo bad…
Open Energy Monitor Home Automation Hub with MQTT, nodeRED, OpenHAB & LightwaveRF
At the Fully Charged Live event at Silverstone earlier this month we stopped by the Open Energy Monitor stand for a chat with Glyn Hudson…
Car Tech: We Drive the Brand New Mercedes A-Class with High Tech MBUX
Mercedes invited me to the Cotswolds to drive their latest A-Class and try out its new high-tech MBUX system. This is an important launch for…
[Sponsor] Vesternet Monday’s Smart Home Discounts
Throughout the summer Vesternet will be running a series of Spectacular One-day Only flash sale events. Pull yourself away from the summer sun for a…
The Z-Wave Security Hack Explained
Here’s a quick video from the TWiT team’s This Week in Google show. Stacey Higginbotham examines why the security flaw in Z-Wave is back in…