Raspberry Pi Addon Pi-mote Controls Smart Home Sockets with Python
Energenie have launched a Raspberry Pi add-on that attaches via the GPIO connector and offers a low cost home control solution. Our best-selling remote control sockets…
August 2014
Review: RAVPower RP-PB14 Xtreme – The Last Portable Battery You’ll Ever Need?
I’m starting to think I might have a problem. My interest in external batteries may be turning into a fetish, but these energy stores are important…
Video: Eve & Adam Zigbee Smart Home Irrigation
This weeks smart home crowd funded candidate is ‘Eve’, an 8 or 16 zone intelligent irrigation controller. Eve communicates with its partner, the ‘Adam’, a…
Video: Tour of Aussie Mansion Home Automation Setup
Here’s a quick video tour of an impressive home automation setup from Australia. Installed by ‘Electronic Living’ the Savant powered system even includes an automated diving platform…
Review: Transcend JetDrive 725 Upgrades Our Retina MacBook SSD to 960GB
Back in the summer of 2012 I reviewed the new 15″ Retina MacBook Pro. It was an upgrade from my previous MacBook that had been modified to…
[Sponsor] QIVICON: Smart Home standard from Germany
The German Smart Home platform QIVICON is the first cross-vendor Smart Home platform. Unlike most other systems QIVICON does not rely on just one communication…
mHub : An Affordable 4×4 Multiroom HDTV System
Here’s a brand new multiroom HD TV distribution system that will send 1080p to four rooms in your home. mHub from HDanywhere allows you to…
Wi-Fi & Bluetooth LE Powered emberlight Smart Light Adaptor
This weeks Kickstarter smart home offering promises to turn any light into a smart light. The ’emberlight’ uses Wi-Fi to control your bulb from an iOS or Android smartphone…
Crestron Launches Enhanced LED Fixtures Range
Here’s the skinny from Crestron on their new range of LED lighting fixtures… Crestron has announced the latest enhancements to their line of LEDs. The…
SwiidInter Cord Switch Converts Any Lamp to Z-Wave
The makers of the new ‘SwiidInter’ claim it’s the first remote controlled cord switch which can be used manually like any classic switch and also…
Video: Android Wear Home Automation Control from your Watch
A few weeks ago Google announced Android Wear at their i/o developers conference. Now one user has shown a home automation setup being controlled from his Android…
HD Digital RF Modulator Creates “FreeView Channel” from HDMI Source
The Antiference DMHD01 is configurable as a DVB-T or DVB-C modulator or as an IP streamer for use in IPTV systems for multicast streaming. It will take…