AlertMe v2.0 to Bring Energy Monitoring plus CCTV
AlertMe – the innovative UK based smart home security system based on Zigbee technology – is taking another step forward with the details of v2.0…
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Idratek Release Cortex V24
Click Here for Full Size Screen Shot “As well as the usual multitude of detailed enhancements this latest version of Cortex has been influenced by…
Readers Offer – Bye Bye Standby
As a festive treat, Bye Bye Standby are offering readers of Automated Home a free Energy Saver Starter Kit, with purchases of an Online Controller…
Dianemo Integrated Smart Home Solution
Convergent Home Technologies based in England have produced a new smart home system called “Dianemo“. Designed to control lighting, heating, air conditioning, windows, blinds and…
Netbook Bargain
An Automated Home reader has posted a bargain netbook deal on our mailing list this morning. At under £200 delivered , the Acer Aspire One…
Addonics USB Network Attached Storage Adapter
The new Addonics NAS adaptor will convert a USB hard drive into network attached storage. It works with most versions of Windows, Mac OS X,…
Apple Macintosh Z-Wave Home Automation System
Asian manufacturers, TrickleStar has launched an Apple Macintosh Z-Wave-compatible system. Using their USB stick and software widget, the Mac can now be used as the…
Control4 Australia Integrate XBMC
We’ve been contacted by Control4 in Australia, who were keen to show us how they’ve integrated XBMC into their professional home automation system… “Control4 Australia’s…
Sky Launches Online Subscription Service
Sky’s video-on-demand service, Sky Player [now Sky Go] has just had a make-over. It now uses Microsoft Silverlight plugin (Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer are all…
Vodafone Launch Top Up and Go Mobile Broadband
Earlier this year, as cellular broadband started to really take off, we put the Vodafone 3G USB Stick to the test. This quickly became one…
Automated Talking Chair
Here’s a project that made us smile. Some inexpensive X10 kit, the creative use of a window sensor and some imaginative macro programming brings together…
New Z-Wave Store for Europe
We’ve just received a press release from a new European on-line Z-Wave store. Lets hope this will be a catalylst that will help to kick…
Reduce Your Bills with Smart Home Power Monitoring
2008 may be remembered as the year that the rest of us finally started to take an interest in reducing our energy consumption. The huge…
HomeCamp 08 Video – Andy Stanford-Clark
Home Camp 08 was held last Saturday at the Imperial College London. The “unconference” discussed technology to monitor and automate the home for greener resource…
Nokia Announce Home Control
Nokia have announced their entry into the Smart Home world with the introduction of their “Home Control” program. They are actively seeking third party partners…
Comfort gets Embedded Webserver and GSM Module
Cytech has introduced two new products for its flagship Comfort Intelligent Home System. The new CWM02 is a Linux powered Embedded Webserver while the…
Weather Station Home Automation
Kevin from the xAP team has reported that Sandaysoft’s Cumulus weather reporting software has now added support for xAP in its latest release – v1.8.3. …
Apple TV V2.3 Update – the Good & the Bad
Last night Cuppertino released the latest upgrade for the Apple TV. V2.3 has some interesting new features – like support for IR remotes other than…
Aviosys IP Power 9212 Review
The Aviosys IP Power 9212 is an inexpensive way to add 8 inputs and 8 outputs to your home automation system that are network addressable either…
Innovus Home Automation with Logitech Squeezebox
What do you get if you cross the Logitech Squeezebox Duet with the Innovus Z-Wave House Controller and some custom software? Home Automation of course! …