Monkey Business Turns Your Intercom into a Smart Access System
Locumi Labs is nearing the end of its Kickstarter campaign for monkey, a new product which they describe as the ‘world’s first smart lock for main entrance doors’….
November 2015
At Last: New Z-Wave DIN Rail Dimmer from Qubino
If you’ve been looking for a Z-Wave dimmer in a DIN Rail mountable format (perhaps to upgrade from X10 dimmers) you’ve pretty much been out of…
Loxone’s Take On Our Smart Home Future
Wandering around our local Curry’s the other day, a big box electrical retailer in the UK, I was interested to see an entire aisle now given…
UK Gets 3rd Gen Nest Thermostat with Hot Water Control
The 3rd generation Nest Learning Thermostat is now available to order in the UK, France, Netherlands, Belgium and Republic of Ireland. In addition to its new…
My Tech Misery: Supporting the Reboot Generation
I used to quite like being the guy people asked about tech. Over the last few years though it’s become a real pain in the ass….
New LightwaveRF Smart Home App Brings New Features Improved Performance
UK Smart Home specialists LightwaveRF are launching a new app along with their new website. The new app allows you to control multiple sites, not…
[Sponsor] Yale Keyfree & Keyless Connected Smart Locks – Full Review
At Vesternet we’ve never been a fan of automated locks – they’ve either been absolute monstrosities that even the most ardent of DIY’ers would struggle…
panStamp Wireless Smart Home CO2 Meter
Here’s a new wireless CO2 meter for the smart home from panStamp. Everything in the panStamp ecosystem is open source, including hardware designs, libraries and software tools. CO2-meter…
Video: Flyte the Levitating Wireless LED Light Bulb
More ‘art’ than automation, FLYTE is a light bulb powered through the air via induction, levitating on a magnetic field. Designed in Sweden, the FLYTE base…
Video: MQTT Smart Home Wall Controller Code Published
Over the course of this year we’ve been following Mat Smith as he designs and builds his amazing smart home control panel. In this latest November video update he…
Video: Zipato Z-Wave Siren
The Zipato indoor multichannel siren uses the new Z-Wave 500 series chip supporting multichannel operation and higher data rates (96/40/100kbps) and you can choose from…