My Automated Home: Raspberry Pi + Node-Red + MQTT & Amazon Echo
In our latest My Automated Home feature, Dave McLaughlin takes us through his journey developing his own smart home system. With some DIY upgrades to existing…
November 2016
Deals: Our Picks of the Black Friday Smart Home Tech Bargains
Black Friday might be our favourite American import these days. But there are so many tech bargains to chose from it can be hard to see the wood…
Crestron Introduces New Generation of TSW Touch Screens
Crestron are now shipping their new TSW-560, TSW-760, and TSW-1060 touch screens promising powerful software features (including Sonos integration) along with beautiful hardware with PoE for easy…
Energenie MiHome Adds ‘Works with Alexa’ Amazon Echo Support to Nest & IFTTT
We sat down with Energenie’s Business Development Manager, Adam Smith a few weeks ago for a good chat on where the UK smart home company is…
The Best Mac Home Automation Platform Gets Even Better with Indigo v7 Release
The guys at Indigo Domotics have been working hard for more than a year on their latest release and earlier this week they launched v7. Indigo 7 has…
Useful Gadget of the Week: AUKEY PB-T10 20,000mAh Quick Charge 3.0 USB Battery Charger
Aukey sent us their new PB-T10 PowerAll External Battery Charger and with several family members that can run a smartphone flat before lunch time, there were…
Going Solar Part 3 – I Traded in my Range Rover for a Nissan Leaf
So last month I traded in my Range Rover for a Nissan Leaf. No really. After my first 1,000 miles here are some rambling thoughts,…
Review: Appkettle – The World’s Smartest Kettle Connects to the Cloud via Wi-Fi
These days the strangest things have WiFi. So when the AppKettle turned up at the Automated Home we wondered if we really needed a Kettle that…
Video: iTouch Energy Show Off Clever Solar Vertical Blinds and Shutters
Northern Ireland startup iTouch Energy have been developing an innovative solar blind for several years now… Our mission is to bring Sustainable Energy and Smart…