The end of an age for Automated house
It’s the end of an age for the Automated Home. We moved in just a few months timid of 20 years back as well as while our very first self-build job was definitely difficult...
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DIY Herringbone Tray
The tray trend isn’t dead yet, and, being my crafty-thrifty self, I chose to make one inspired by my new white and gold iPhone! The whole process took only two afternoons and a few...
7 smart home videos from CES 2017
here are a few interesting smart home tech videos from last weeks CES. It’s hard to find one that doesn’t feature Amazon Alexa and of course there’s that old favourite, the Internet fridge. grab a...
Useful gadget of the Week: Toshiba Canvio connect II 3TB portable hard Drive
Whether its a garage or a hard drive, chances are if you’re like us you’ll always fill the available space. So when Toshiba asked us if we’d like to try out their newest portable...
Zipato ZipaBox Wireless house Automation Controller Mega evaluation
The £170 ZipaBox from bit understood Croatian business Zipato difficulties VeraLite’s Micasa Verde on price, yet promises a function set on a par with high-end controllers like the Fibaro house Centre 2. We put...
A decade On Are We any closer to the integrated smart Home?
10 years ago this week I wrote this post on an imagined ‘X’ protocol that brought disparate systems together in a smart home utopia. however the last paragraph brought a discouraging conclusion to the piece…...
Sarah Richardson’s holiday Entertaining guide
When you juggle as numerous roles as Sarah Richardson does — award-winning designer, author, magazine editor, television personality, partner and mother of two — you’d think the last thing she’d have time for is...
Marmitek DoorGuard 470 – new Handsfree Colour LCD video Intercom
Serial wise house innovators Marmitek have introduced their latest product, the DoorGuard 470… The Marmitek DoorGuard 470 features a colour camera with a 100-degree wide angle lens, always providing you a remove view on visitors. You can...
Home Automation to become Mainstream?
over the years I’ve seen many points at which home Automation was reportedly finally breaking into the mainstream. HA has two main markets. The “millionaire” and the “hobbyist”. The middle ground (and unquestionably the...
Windows Phone app for the Honeywell Evohome System
Automated home reader David Horn has just released a complimentary Windows Phone app for the Honeywell evohome heating control system. This app allows European Honeywell Evohome users to remotely control their heating and hot water...