Threshold Readying Launch of new Home Automation System
Threshold Corp have been developing their new smart home system for around 4 years now and they’re due to launch to market in the next…
June 2008
TVIX M-6500A 1080P Media Player
TVIX describe their HD M-6500A V2 as “the Most Advanced Jukebox on the Planet”. It’s a media player with support for a mulitude of…
AV Receiver Reviews
It’s time to retire the old girl. Our Yamaha DSP-A1 has given stirling service for over nine years now. In use every day powering our…
Hacking a Print Server for Ethernet Home Automation
Submission by Dan McGrath. What’s all this about then? Well, I’ve got loads of home automation, and I love it! However, whenever I show it…
AH0013 – AlertMe
Show AH0013 – This time we talk to AlertMe co-founder and director Pilgrim Beart along with his Chief Design Engineer, Dr Amyas Phillips. We talk…
Crestron Introduce New TPS-6X Touchpanel
Crestron have launched their latest touchpanel controller the TPS-6X. This 6″ beauty docks onto it’s own stand so can be used hand held or on…
Top 10 Tech Podcasts
Podcasts, netcasts, time shifted radio and IPTV. Whatever they are, they’ve come of age. Less and less of my time is spent consuming regular TV…
HP MediaSmart Connect – HD Media Player
Now available for pre-order, the HP MediaSmart Connect costs around $350 and provides full Windows Media Center Extender capabilities. On top of that it’ll play…
Clipsal Launch E3000 Range
Clipsal have released a new electrical range. The E3000 units are the usual high quality polycarbonate offering from Clipsal and they are available in Silver…
AH0012 – Ian Dixon
Show AH0012 – This time we talk to Ian Dixon of theDigitalLifeStyle.com. Ian has been producing his podcast since 2005 and with over 150 shows…
xAP Blue V0.1 Brings Bluetooth Presence Detection
James Traynor continues to produce innovative software based on the xAP home automation protocol. His latest creation “Blue” allows your home to detect your presence…
Exclusive First Look at New IR over TCP/IP Uniits
Here’s a first look at some pretty special pre-release sample units of the “IR Anywhere” system from Keene Electronics. The new system allows you to…
AirRemote for iPhone Brings Total Home Control
Yes, it’s another iPhone remote do-hicky, but this one is really interesting. Created in the UK by Steve Moore the system comprises of two parts….
New Comments System Now Available
So, this whole Web 2.0 thing is all about the "conversation" apparently. Taking this on board, today we've added a Comments system onto the site. …
Keene RF2IR – IR Distribution via Aerial Cable
While there are IR distribution systems available that use CAT5, many homes don’t have the structured cabling required to use them. Keen Electronics have just…
LinuxMCE 710 – An Overview
LinuxMCE is of course a open-source media centre distro. But did you know you can use it as a home automation controller as well? Other…
HAI Introduces WL3 for Windows Home Server
HAI (Home Automation, Inc.) has announced a new software product called WL3 for Windows Home Server. Available from next month, WL3 is an Add-in for…
AH0011 – SHS2008 Video 5 – WebBrick
In the fifth and final of our video interviews from this years Smart Home Show we have a quick chat with Guy Reece from WebBrick…
Apple Announce New iPhone 3G – All the Details
The wait is over, some rumours smashed, others proven true. The next generation iPhone 3G was announced a few minutes ago by Steve Jobs in…
Code to Interface Your Home to Twitter
Last week we interviewed Andy Stanford-Clark on his smart home integration with Twitter and now we have a document published by computer science student Justin…