Marmitek GigaView 911 UHD is Wireless 4K HDMI Extender
Marmitek’s latest AV gadget is the GigaView 911 UHD, a transmitter and receiver pair that promises to send your 4K UHD HDMI signals wirelessly from your…
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Smart Home Week 2019 – Interview #5 Simon Collinson from Philips Hue
Smart Home Week 2019 – Interview #4 David Mudd from BSI
Smart Home Week 2019 – Interview #3 Nigel Fisher from Yale
Smart Home Week 2019 – Interview #2 Paul Hughes from Tado
Smart Home Week 2019 – Interview #1 Abbie Byrom from Samsung SmartThings
Review: Airthings Wave Plus Smart Indoor Air Quality Monitor & Radon Detector
Meeting the Tesla Model 3 – Photos & Video
Video: Home Network Tour – Ubiquiti UniFi, Loft Rack & Fibre
Automated Home 2.0 – #07 The Target Room Sizes in Our Design Brief
After we chose our architect it was time to get into the design process proper. For our second meeting, Michael visited us in our own…
Stringify Cloud Home Automation Service is Closing Down – Here are the Alternatives
Earlier this week Stringify, the home automation Cloud Integration service, announced that it is shutting down. After nearly five years of transforming how people automate…
Video: Inexpensive Remootio Interface Makes Gates & Garage Doors Smart
Remootio looks like an interesting home automation crowd funding launch on Indiegogo. The little black box makes your gates and garage doors ‘smart’ allowing you…
Faradite Unveil New Fully Black Motion Sensor for Home Cinema Ceilings
Have you ever had to spray a white PIR black to blend in with a ceiling? Well now Faradite have launched a new fully black motion…
Luxaflex PowerView Motorised Blinds Now Compatible with Apple HomeKit
Luxaflex have always been known as a high quality blind brand. Their recently released 2nd generation version of their smart home hub now adds support…
Video: Loxone Announce New Touch Nightlight and Touch & Grill Air, Smart BBQ Thermometer
Loxone have revealed the latest additions to their smart home range, the new Touch Nightlight and the Touch & Grill Air. Touch Nightlight This unit combines…
New Dyson Lightcycle Lamp Adjusts for Daylight, Age, Tasks & Lasts 60 Years
Are Dyson vying to become the Apple of the UK? Long known for fancy vacuum cleaners, their design studios have been branching out into other…
UK Double Wall Socket with Built-In WiFi Repeater & USB Charging
Here’s a quickie on an interesting UK wall socket with a built-In Wi-Fi repeater and USB charger. Designed to fit in a standard 25mm wall box,…
In Photos: My EV-tastic Day Trip to the 2019 Geneva Motor Show
A bit of break from home automation for you this week, as a couple of mates and I visited the Geneva Motor Show over the weekend….
15 Cool Home Automation Accessories to 3D Print for Your Smart Home
I’ve been fascinated by 3D printers for years now and you can buy a really nice quality unit for under £200 these days (check out…
Home Assistant v0.89 Brings Expanded SmartThings Support & Adds Nissan Leaf
Popular open source Home Automation software, Home Assistant, continues its development pace with the release of v0.89. It’s time for release 0.89. It’s another great…