In Depth Review of New Devolo Z-Wave Home Control System
The guys at Vesternet have just publish a huge in depth review of the brand new Devolo Smart Home Control System. The range is made…
April 2016
SmartRules v2.0: Easy Logic for your SmartThings Smart Home
We reviewed the SmartRules app at the start of this year and found it powerful and easy to use. Now developers obycode have released v2.0 with…
Sky Q Review: An Installation Story & Real World Impressions
Right from its launch we reckoned the new Sky Q system sounded like just what we needed at the Automated Home so we placed our order the first…
Weekend Project: Setting up Home Assistant on your PC or Mac
Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform running on Python 3 Earlier this week version 0.18 was released and with it even more support…
Smart Shades Solar Powered Bluetooth Blind Motor Controlled from your Phone
Originally crowd funded (and raising 874% of its goal), Smart Shades is a clever little Bluetooth blind controller. The motor unit attaches to the cord of…
Video: First Tesla Powerwall System Installation on TV
This Ozzy TV Show claims to have the first televised Tesla Powerwall installation. Walt & Dani from Channel 10’s Healthy Homes recently paid a visit…
Useful Gadget of the Week: 19-Inch Rack Vertical Wall Mount Bracket
I needed a 24 port switch mounted in a tight space against a wall recently and got this useful bracket to do the job. The StarTech…
Video: UK Smart Home Doorbell from Ding Labs
We talked to Ding Labs co-founder, Avril O’Neil at this years Gadget Show Live. Ding is a doorbell system that links to your smartphone so…
Opinion: Is the Tesla Model 3 the Tipping Point for the EV
Last year Tesla announced the Powerwall, a smart home battery mainly aimed at storing the energy from your renewables to use when the sun isn’t…
Fibaro Swipe Brings Z-Wave Gesture Control to your Smart Home
We got our hands on the new Fibaro Swipe for the first time at the Gadget Show Live last weekend. The device looks like a…
Video: Smart Home Tech to Live Smarter, Cooler, Better
Here’s a couple of quick videos from last weekends Gadget Show Live in the NEC, Birmingham David McClelland and John Mason present “Live Smarter, Cooler, Better”…