Secuyou Wireless Security System Locks Your Doors and Windows with Press of a Button
“Secure your patio doors and windows with one touch of a button with Secuyou – Secuyou is a new Danish-designed wireless security system for all…
June 2010
The iPhone 4 – Our First Impressions, Good and Bad
The iPhone 4 landed at the Automated Home a day late but here’s our low down on the handset after a few days of (playing…
New Outdoor Rated Y-cam Bullet IP CCTV Camera
Still one of our favourite IP CCTV camera ranges – Y-Cam – now has a new “Bullet’ model. The MPEG-4 streaming IP camera is…
xAP Smart Home Interface for the O2 Joggler
A few guys on our forums have been working on using the O2 Joggler as a home automation controller. With some hacking they’ve put together…
Fusion Research Media Servers Now Control4 Certified
First video server with a Control4 Certified two-way driver – Fusion Research announced that its entire line of media servers is now Control4 Certified,ensuring compatibility…
NaimNet Previews Customisable iPad app
Naim are famous for their high-end music servers boasting music playback with bit-for-bit accuracy. Their NaimNet system also offers home automators control of lights, AV,…
Apple Spring Totally New Mac mini with HDMI
This one came right out of the blue – Apple have just released a brand new 1.4" high unibody Mac mini – complete with HDMI…
Enio On-line Energy Monitoring Plus Invites to Private Alpha
Enio Energy Management are a new start-up company, working on ways to help reduce our power consumption. We interviewed Enio Co-Founder, Nick Franklin, on how…
TV Hides Away in a Lamp Shade
A wierd and wonderful lamp and TV combo that’s sure to keep some SWMBO’s happy. The lamp and shade houses an LCD TV (up to…
Savant Launch Desktop and In-wall iPad Docks
Savant are building a reputation with their ROSIE system which offers control, automation and entertainment around the home. A company building home automation products on…
Marware EcoVue Case for iPad – Mini Review
We’ve had a lot of people ask about the Marware EcoVue iPad case since mentioning on Twitter we had one on order. We originally saw…
Wi-Fi Thermostat Launched by Intwine Energy
Intwine Energy have launched their new IECT-220 Wi-Fi communicating thermostat. The unit comes with a free basic monitoring service for control through the Web with…
Apple Confirms iPhone 4 – Here’s What You Need to Know
Steve Jobs took to the stage a short time ago at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. While much of the fourth generation…
Gigabit Ethernet Bridge Allows 15 USB Devices Anywhere on your LAN
Here’s a useful little device for your smart home set-up. An Ethernet bridge that allows you to connect your USB devices at any remote location…
xAP Tutorial – Setting Up the Open Home Automation Protocol
xAP is an open Home Automation Protocol, created by Automated Home readers almost a decade ago. It allows many disparate systems to talk to each…
Sonos S5 – Now in Black
We love our Sonos S5. Its neat size and incredible sound are a big hit in the Automated Home. We’ve just heard from our friends…
Open Source iPad X10 Home Automation Controller
We’ve been contacted by Automated Home reader (Mr Flibble) on his interesting step-by-step guide on building a custom iPad web app for the X10 CM15…