Automated Home 2.0 – #27 Our Quooker Boiling Water Tap
One of the things we had our eye on from the start for our kitchen was a boiling water tap. Patented Boil Quooker is the…
One of the things we had our eye on from the start for our kitchen was a boiling water tap. Patented Boil Quooker is the…
Loxone have just live streamed their latest produce reveal on YouTube. Billed as the “biggest product revolution since the miniserver”, the new purple product is…
The Aurora Lighting Group have launched the brand new Connect.Control smart lighting range which can be setup in minutes without users needing to install a…
Here’s an interesting and affordable smart home dimmer switch for the UK that’s packed full of features. The Ener-J smart dimmable touch switch uses 2.4GHz…
There are plenty of cool ways to light stairs these days, but one of the most elegant solutions I’ve seen was the illuminated handrail at…
Here’s a brand new Smart Home Security system that’s just launched in the UK. Abode Abode systems today announced a partnership with Kings Secure Technologies,…
While many Automated Home readers are smart home installers, we know we also have plenty of ‘smart home curious’ electricians here too 🙂 How To…
We wanted to maintain the clean lines in our open plan barn but also have great sound too. The floor standing speakers from our last…
If you are a Loxone Partner then here’s an interesting new software tool designed to help speed up your workflow. Create a sketch of the…
I’m all in on PoE. It’s incredibly useful and the combination of our UniFi switch plus the opportunity to run Cat6a around the house has…
Although there’s fibre in our neighbourhood, the splitters on the poles around us are currently maxed out and we have to wait for them to…
If you’ve been following along on the Automated Home Instagram you’ll know we moved in last Friday, 10th July. There’s still plenty to do as…
I’m looking around at these at the minute for the new house. We’re in that middle ground where a lot of new tech comes with…
As we near the completion of our build I’ve been getting a lot of questions about the cost of a Loxone home automation system. Few…
On this day last year I picked up my Model 3. A few months later I wrote nearly five and a half thousands words on…
In a covid world WWDC 2020 is 100% via video link. It will also be remembered for anther reason too. Long rumoured and now confirmed,…
Many of us have an ancient wired security alarm in our homes. Sad little beige boxes under the stairs that actually have a world of…
A few weeks ago Loxone quietly added a brand new Presence Sensor to their home automation range. In addition to the Infrared Movement and Brightness…
We’re always interested in Air Quality sensors and the latest one to turn up at the Automated Home is the Aranet4. This is the first…
In times like these the thoughts of a broadband outage are enough to make you shudder. So here’s a look at the Tenda 4G LTE…