AlertMe Launches New Hardware, Drops Subs, Aims to Become Open Gateway to Your Home
We’ve always been fans of AlertMe, the UK company has brought innovative products to the market over the last few years . However a couple…
August 2011
X10 Launch $199 AirPad Android Tablet
X10 have launched the ‘AirPad’, a new 7 inch Android powered tablet for $199. Powered by Cortex A8 with 4GB of on board memory (expandable…
Wireless Surround Anywhere220 Cuts the Cord to your Rear Speakers
Running speaker cables to your rear surround speakers isn’t always easy. In an increasingly wireless world here’s a gadget that might improve the look of…
Helvar Launches New Look Smart Home Control Panels
Helvar has launched new control panels for their DIGIDIM range of smart home lighting products. They say the new designs refresh the look of existing…
Automated Home 15th Anniversary Special #8 – Dr Karam Karam, Idratek
2011 sees Automated Home reach the ripe old age of 15. To celebrate our quindecennium (yes, really) we’ve asked some friends of the site to…
New Remote Controlled Thermostatic Electronic Radiator Valve
Chalmor have launched a new remote controlled thermostatic electronic radiator valve designed to save on gas or oil central heating costs. Existing thermostatic radiator valves…
Crestron Launches New 24″ V-Panel Touch Screen
Crestron has announced the launch of its new 24″ V-Panel touch screen which combines full touch screen navigation, high performance graphics and HD video with…
TotalMount Bracket Hides Apple TV Behind Your Telly
Here’s a neat little mount that has moved from a Kickstart project to become a real world product. The $30 patent-pending TotalMount Apple TV Bracket…
Hands On: Upgrading Our MacBook to SSD PLUS a 1TB Hard Drive
In a quest to make our MacBook last out until next years rumoured major redesign (carbon fibre anyone?) we decided to do the trendy thing…
Video: What Control4 Home Automation Can Do For Children With Autism
Here’s the latest video case study from Control4 showing how the system is helping one family with an Autistic child… “Meet 3 year old Brody…
Useful Gadget of the Week: USB to 4 RS-232 Serial Ports
Many home automators have legacy systems linking to external control hardware via RS232. As times and (OS’s) have moved on many if us that ran…
Control Your Home from your iPhone with LightwaveRF Easy Retro-Fit Modules
JSJS Designs based in Birmingham in the UK have produced a range of wireless home automation products under the LightwaveRF brand. Particularly suited to the…