Found Video: My SmartThings Home Automation Set Up
Here’ an interesting video showing a Samsung SmartThings setup in a US home. Peter Anania talks us through his journey from X10 to Z-Wave showing how…
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Exclusive Interview: Loxone Reveal Huge Growth as UK Smart Homes Boom
Austrian smart home brand Loxone have been going from strength to strength over the last few years. We talked to UK CEO Philipp Schuster to get some hard figures…
Exclusive Interview: EnOcean Wireless Energy Harvesting IoT Tech
This time we talked to Zeljko Angelkoski, Marketing and Communications Director for EnOcean. The company is famous for making switches that need no mains or batteries,…
Case Study: London Smart Home with Crestron HD Audio Video & Lighting
Smart Home specialists, Custom Controls take us through one of their Crestron home automation projects in this beautiful London property… Full Crestron HD Audio Video and Lighting…
Useful Gadget of the Week: 19-Inch Rack Vertical Wall Mount Bracket
I needed a 24 port switch mounted in a tight space against a wall recently and got this useful bracket to do the job. The StarTech…
My Automated Home: Domoticz Powered Open Source Smart Home
Our latest “My Automated Home” story comes from Ian Gardner and his Domoticz powered smart home. My home automation journey started around 12 years ago with a…
Tidy TV Installs with these VESA Mount Breadboard Trays
We’re all looking for a neat finish when installing our smart home systems (checkout #liveinstall for some great photos). Here’s a useful range of mounts to allow…
My Automated Home: One Woman’s Journey into the Smart Home World
Sometimes the tech world can seem like a private mens club. Thankfully that’s changing with each year that passes and our latest ‘My Automated Home’ feature…
Smart Apartment in Londons Mayfair
UK distributors, AWE supply a lot of gear to the custom installation trade. Here’s one of the latest smart home installations using their kit , by…
The UK’s Smartest Home? Part 2
Here’s the second part of our series on what may well be the UK’s Smartest Home (make sure to read Part 1 first). Over to Chris Hunter…
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…
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…
The UK’s Smartest Home? Part 1
The home of Chris and Clare Hunter has a traditional stone exterior that belies the all-encompassing smart home system that resides within. A house that makes intelligent autonomous decisions rather…
Our Tour of Cornflake’s Stunning London Smart Apartment
A couple of minutes walk from a busy bustling Oxford Street, in London’s West End, is an oasis of calm. I visited the Cornflake Smart…
My Automated Home: Heat Genius Smart Home Heating Controls
This months ‘My Automated Home’ feature follows Johannes Jensson’s compressive review of his Heat Genius installation… Nobody has escaped the rapid rise of gas and electricity prices…
New Smart Home Projects Blog
A few years back Martyn Wendon showed us his smart home setup complete with its four nodes. Now he’s launched his own smart home blog,…
Case Study: UK Z-Wave Home Automation Setup
Sometimes the best inspiration for building your own home automation system is to have a look at what others have done. The guys over at Vesternet…
Video: Control4 Demos “Panelized” Smart Home Lighting
Control4’s Blake VanCleave gives a quick behind the scenes look at a condo in Indiana that features a Panelized Lighting system. The panel is inside a cabinet,…
Caring Home Automation – An Assisted Living Smart Home Case Study
Idratek are well known for their work in building intricate smart home systems whilst reducing the complexity for the user. Director, Karam Karam takes us through a…
Video: The “Barry White Button” in a Boston Smart Home
Here’s a quick video of an Automated Home in Boston that features a novel “Barry White” button. Check out the video below.. The whole idea…