Media

New Vista Media Centre Book

Ian Dixon (of the Media Center podcast fame) has just released his new book – "Using Microsoft Vista Media Center". Written along with Tony Campbell…

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Free WiFi Across The UK?

Last night, Jason Bradbury launched the campaign for free WiFI in towns and cities across the UK on Channel Fives Gadget Show. This is a…




A Zero Energy Home

In our experience smart homes use lots of electricity. Perhaps this is a model to at least reduce electricity costs and their associated impacts on…


Barix – QuakeGuard

An interesting real-world application for products from one of Automated Home’s favourite smart home companies – Barix. “Barix Exstreamers Play a Critical Role in Revolutionary…


High Tech Home

The Telegraph’s property section has an interesting article on living in a contemporary smart home… “Developers know that a home fitted with the latest gadgetry…



Smart Home – Smart Bathroom?

So, do you have a Type-A bathroom to go along with your Type-A personality? The Wall Street Journal looks into the rising phenomenon of the…


Next Gen Home

An article from CE-Pro with some interesting photos from inside the “Next Gen Home” at the recent CES2006 exhibition in Las Vegas… “…At the model…



Project Life – Future House

The BBC have been following the research project by David Wilson Homes in conjunction with the University of Nottingham… “It has been built using the…