On This Day 10 Years Ago…
I still remember Saturday the 30th June 2007 clearly. On this day 10 years ago I landed in Florida on a family holiday. It was the…
June 2017
New Vemmio Z-Wave Plus System Enters UK Smart Home Market
There’s a new Z-Wave game in town. Vemmio is a smart home manufacture from Poland and their new range of Z-Wave modules have just gone…
Video: Sonoff WiFi Smart Switch for Alexa, MQTT & Nest Control for Under £10
Here’s another great video from BRUH Automation on an interesting little in-line module that’s available for under £10 (or a little over £10 from sources closer to…
Tesla Powerwall 2 Domestic Solar Battery Installation – Photos & Details
Energy storage is becoming more and more interesting to smart home owners and we recently spotted this write up of a Tesla Powerwall 2 installation…
Mini Review: Google Home in the UK
We have an Echo and Echo Dot in the Automated Home so when Currys asked us if we wanted to try the new UK Google Home we were keen…
My Brand New 5 Year Old MacBook
Back in July 2012 I got my hands on one of the very first new 15″ Retina MacBook Pros. When I reviewed it back then…
AmpliFi Brings Fast Friendly App Controlled Whole House Mesh WiFi
I had a look at the UniFi system back in 2013 . Since then I have installed 2 complete systems and I’ve always been impressed. Now Ubiquiti Networks…
Video: Loxone’s Top 10 Tips For a Self Build Smart Home
Matt Emberson from Loxone UK gives us his top 10 tips for building your own smart home. There are some great ideas in this quick…
Apple HomePod Smart Speaker Announcement Plus Keynote Cheat Sheet
After an action packed 2 and a half hours of announcements here are all the highlights from todays WWDC Keynote… iOS iOS 11 Messages now sync’d…
Video: New Nest Cam IQ is Intelligent IP CCTV for Your Smarthome
There’s new ‘intelligent’ indoor IP CCTV camera from Nest. Although the 8-megapixel HDR wide angle (130°) camera is rated as 4K, it zooms in (12x digital) to…