Video: WiFi Plug Controls Your Appliances from your Phone [Updated]
Here’s a simple plugin module to convert your home appliances to Wi-Fi Control. WiFi Plug uses your home’s 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi network and also operates over…
January 2014
New Smart Home Projects Blog
A few years back Martyn Wendon showed us his smart home setup complete with its four nodes. Now he’s launched his own smart home blog,…
Video: AwoX StriimLIGHT is LED Bulb + Bluetooth Speaker in One
Here’s a novel way to add music to a room. Just pop a AwoX StriimLIGHT into a lamp and you instantly have an energy-saving LED…
Video: Stealth Acoustics Launch StingRay 6 Outdoor Speaker
Stealth Acoustics will demonstrate the latest addition to their ‘StingRay’ family of all-weather outdoor speakers at ISE 2014. The StingRay 6 features a “marine-grade” IP68 enclosure to…
Video: ‘My N3RD’ Connect & Control Anything from Anywhere
My N3RD is a new Wi-Fi product that allows you to control gadgets, appliances and vehicles with your Smart Phone. We asked the team to…
Savant Ships Wi-Fi Remote Control
Savant has announced it’s shipping its Wi-Fi-based Universal Remote. The unit features a new user interface and a 1.7-inch colour display. The 35 programmable hard…
CommandFusion Tease New Home Automation Product
CommandFusion have recently added some teasers on their social media and blog hinting at a new product launch lined up for ISE Amsterdam in February….
Case Study: UK Z-Wave Home Automation Setup
Sometimes the best inspiration for building your own home automation system is to have a look at what others have done. The guys over at Vesternet…
WeMo ‘Maker’ Delivers iOS & Android Control to Smart Home Hackers
Belkin announced some additions to their WeMo home automation range at CES this week including a new LED Lighting Starter Set, WeMo Smart LED Bulbs and a…
Samsung Smart Home Links TVs, Appliances & Smartphones
Samsung Electronics have chosen CES to announced their new ‘Samsung Smart Home’ service which enables users to control and manage their Smart TVs, home appliances and…
Video: LED Stair Lighting Hack with Raspberry Pi
We never fail to be amazed by the ingenuity and skills of smart home hackers and we’ve been following Robert Hekkers’ Staircase Lighting project since…
Heat Genius: Intelligent Heating Controller with Z-Wave
Heat Genius have recently launched their new intelligent domestic heating controller. They say that heating accounts for 66% of household energy usage (an average bill…
Z-Wave Announce 1,000th Product & Second Chip Supplier
Up until now Sigma Designs have been the sole manufacturer of the chips that go inside all Z-Wave home automation devices. That’s set to change…
Video: openHAB the Open Home Automation Bus
Home Automation Systems and Technology Choices was our most visited page last year. We’re constantly updating it and amongst recent new additions is the Open Home…
New Years Resolution: Backup Your Gmail & Files
The New Year is always a great time to make some changes and for your digital home at least, none more important than backing up….