Useful Gadget of the Week: iOttie Easy One Touch Wireless Qi Wireless Car Mount
Since the iPhone finally has wireless charging it was time to look for a new car cradle with built in Qi. The iOttie Easy One Touch…
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Open Irrigation is Open Source Raspberry Pi System to Optimise Water Usage
Open Irrigation is a Raspberry Pi based system that uses weather data from Wunderground. It doesn’t require any additional sensors and can control 4 zones of…
Vortical Tech’s Hybrid Tesla Turbine Generates Electricity from Your Home Water Usage
Now here’s a bit of lateral thinking, a new device to generate electricity from your home water supply. Vortical Tech develops alternative energy devices and…
Video: Owl Takes DashCams to the Next Level with Silicon Valley Smarts
I’ve had a dash camera in my last couple of cars. They’re fairly dumb affairs though and this seems like one of the areas that’s…
Smappee Energy Monitor Now Works With Nest
Smappee have announced that the latest version of their app enables the “Works with Nest” ecosystem, allowing homeowners to monitor and control heating and other…
D-Link Launches New 180° Outdoor Wi-Fi Camera
D-Link have just launched their new full HD 180° outdoor Wi-Fi Camera (DCS-2670L). The robust, IP65 casing of the Full HD 180° Outdoor Wi-Fi Camera,…
13 Videos That Show Off the Best Tech of CES 2018
Here are a few interesting videos from last weeks CES in Las Vegas. Voice control and robots seemed to be all the rage again (and…
The Rise and Fall of Jibo the Social Robot
Remember Jibo? Back in 2014 we covered the exciting new prospect of this ‘Social’ robot for your home. The Jibo crowdfunding campaign raised $3.6M for the…
UniPi Neuron is Raspberry Pi Based Multi I/O Controller for Smart Home Applications
UniPi technology is a small Czech-based company that produces the modular Neuron PLC. They describe their module as… …a product line of PLC (Programmable Logic Controller)…
Marmitek ‘TV Anywhere Wireless HD’ Transmits 1080p HDMI Output to Another Room
Wireless IR extenders were a thing back in the nineties and noughties (who remembers the X10 Pyramids?). Now Marmitek promises to send HD video as…
Pairot Bridge Brings Apple HomeKit & Amazon Alexa Support to KNX Smart Homes
The Pairot module from xxter bridges your KNX smart home to Apple HomeKit or Amazon Alexa. This adds quality voice control from these 2 popular platforms. With…
Loxone Reveal New NFC Code Touch & Touch Surface Smart Home Controls
Loxone have added 2 brand new smart home products to their range. The Touch Surface is five-point capacitive touch pad that can be mounted underneath…
Review: KitSound ‘Voice One’ Alexa Enabled Smart Speaker
Smart home voice assistants are being opened up to third party manufactures and KitSound have just released their new ‘Voice One’ smart speaker in collaboration…
The iPhone X Review – Face the Future
It’s been a decade since the original iPhone was released. My own 2007 vintage handset has seen better days, but it’s still going strong. So 10 years…
New Smart Heating Controls from Drayton
Many people will be familiar with the Drayton name in heating controls, the British manufacturer has been in the market for over 60 years. Over…
Useful Gadget of the Week: These £20 Bluetooth Headphones are Amazing
I know, headphones again, I can’t stop myself, it’s a disease. And wait till you see next months post 😉 In the meantime, here’s a…
Loxone Continues to Innovate with V9 Software Release
Austrian Smart Home specialist Loxone continue to grow and innovate. Today sees the latest v9.0 of their app and configuration software. Once again developed in-house at…
New EnOcean TCM 515 Transceiver Module for Batteryless Internet of Things
Earlier this year, EnOcean demo’d their latest generation of continuously powered transceiver modules at ISH, which open up new applications for the wireless standard thanks to increased…
Review: Foobot is Your Smart Home Air Quality Monitor
There’s a lot of talk in the media these days about air quality. But who really has a clue how polluted the air is in…
Video: Microsoft Tease GLAS Smart Thermostat from Johnson Controls
Microsoft just revealed GLAS, a new smart home thermostat in a partnership with manufacturer Johnson Controls. In addition to the Nest-like intelligent (and potentially energy saving)…