Smart Home Show 2007 – Final Video
Here’s our ninth and final video from last weekend’s Smart Home Show. Two days in two minutes – this is a super fast tour of…
March 2007
SHS2007 Video – Schneider Electric / Clipsal C-Bus
We’ve just uploaded another video from the Smart Home Show last weekend. This one is a 7-minute tour of the Schneider Electric stand featuring their…
Smart Home Show 2007 – Review
I’ve just returned from the Smart Home Show (22-25 March 2007) and in this, its third incarnation at the NEC in Birmingham, the public was…
SHS2007 Video – Cytech Comfort
While we put the finishing touches to our review of last weekends Smart Home Show 2007, we’ve rushed out one of our videos. This first…
TuneView for iPod
The Gadgeteer.com have just published one of the first reviews of the Keyspan TuneView, the iPod dock that mirrors the players screen on its RF…
Is It Time for a Robot to Mow Your Lawn
With the clocks set to change this weekend in the UK, Spring is inbound and our thoughts turn to the garden. As Robotic mowers mature,…
Choosing an Advanced Thermostat for Home
Carlton Bale has an interesting blog post on his investigations into choosing an Advanced Thermostat for his home. Well worth a read of you are…
Using Twitter for Home Automation
Gordon Meyer has an interesting blog post on how he’s using Twitter.com to pass his Home Automation notifications to his various locations via the web,…
Domia Launches New Harmony CCTV Server
Domia have released information on a new addition to their Harmony home automation software range. The CCTV server application is available for £65.00, or bundled…
EnOcean Wireless Batteryless Home Automation Launch at T3 Smart Home Show
“EnOcean is a revolutionary wireless & batteryless sensing system that is establishing itself as the standard for wireless automation in commercial buildings. But the technology…
DIY AV Switcher
Engadget have a great tutorial on building your own solid-state AV switcher…”In this How-To we’ll show you how to wire up your own A/V switcher…
Smart Home Tour Video
Here’s a new video from SmartHome.com which shows off many of their lighting, heating, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom gadgets… SmartHome.com
New Tiny Silent Linux PC
Home Automation projects can always use tiny, silent PCs, and here’s a new one. The little disk-less Linutop PC is around £230 and runs Xubuntu…
Vista Media Center Review
Here’s a nice blog review of Vista Media Center. Worth a read if you are considering the upgrade from XP MCE. “Media center is ready…
New Affordable Wireless IP CCTV Camera
This little wireless IP camera looks idea for use in the home. With several unique features like the fact that it carries sound as well…
The Smart Home Show – 50 Free Tickets
If you’ve ever wished for music in every room, a home cinema, integrated lighting, or an intelligent security system, then a visit to The…
UK Star Trek Apartment
After his Mrs left, Tony Alleyne started work on turning his appartment into this Star Trek homage. 24th Century Smart Home technology in…
Parallel Port Lighting Control
Hacked Gadgets brings you schematics and photos of Raphael Assenat’s home built, opto isolated lighting control system… “I had been thinking of controlling my room…
New Remotes on Video
Daniel Tonks has just released another of his excellent videos, this time featuring new remote models from the CES2007 show… “Today I’m very pleased to…
Free Touchscreen Software Beta
eHome Creations have released a new beta of V5.0 of their free touchscreen client/server software… “This is a public BETA release of Version 5 of…