Top 20 Automated Home Posts of the Year 2014
2014 really was the year you went bonkers for heating controls. There are no less than 7 posts in our top 20 based on these technologies and our Heating Forums have…
2014
Belkin WeMo Insight Switch Controls & Monitors Your Appliances Remotely
Belkin has announced the UK availability of the WeMo Insight Switch. The plugin module allows UK homeowners to control their electronics and monitor their energy…
LightwaveRF Reveals New MP3 Playing Door Chime
Wireless smart home tech manufacturer LightwaveRF has added a range of four new door chimes to their existing lighting, heating and power control products. The…
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…
Useful Gadget of the Week: Remote Control Colour Changing LED Light Bulb
Here’s a gadget that could be a hit over the holidays. The Auraglow is an inexpensive remote control colour changing 10W LED lightbulb that’s available in…
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: Thinking Cleaner Adds Apple HomeKit & WiFi to your Roomba
Lets face it we’d all love a domestic robot, and while we wait for C-3PO many of us have settled for a Vacuum-bot to start off…
Review: Honeywell evohome Wireless Smart Home Heating Controls
We took a look at the new Honeywell evohome when it was announced last Autumn, but there’s no substitute for living with a system to…
New VeraEdge Z-Wave Home Automation Controller
The new VeraEdge is a fully featured smart home gateway with an integrated WiFi router. The little home automation controller is around 4 inches wide and is…
New Belkin WeMo Smart LED Lighting Starter Set
Earlier today Belkin announced the availability of their new WeMo LED Lighting Starter Set and WeMo Smart LED Bulbs. The addition to their already well established smart…
Plex Home Brings User Switching and Parental Controls
Plex have announced their new ‘Home’ update that brings one of the most requested features for the highly regarded media server… I’m happy to announce…
Review: Lilin LR7424 1080p HD IP CCTV Camera
We’re all becoming used to seeing great HD images on our TVs these days, so more than ever before, home CCTV can be pretty jarring…
Synology Announce 1815+ Intel Quad Core 8-Bay NAS
At the start of this year we move from our old PC server to a big honkin’ NAS. Now Synology have announced the successor to…
INSTEON Announces LED Light Bulbs for UK / Europe
Insteon have announced a range of four new Smart Home LED light bulbs for the UK and Europe that can be controlled remotely via apps on iOS and…
IFTTT Launch New Channel for Honeywell evohome
If This Then That is turning into a really interesting home automation controller in the Cloud. The new IFTTT channel for Honeywell’s evohome smart home heating…
Exclusive: We Talk to Roomie Remote – First Look at New Hardware
With the release of Roomie Remote v3.0 and rumours of some special new hardware we took the opportunity to talk to founder Will Price about the…
Marmitek BoomBoom 430 Bluetooth Amp Puts Old Speakers Back to Work
Marmitek’s latest little black box may just get you up in the loft to bring down your old speakers and drag them into the 21st century. The BoomBoom…
Vesternet Smart Home Store now Available in the USA
Some news for our American readers this week as our title sponsor Vesternet make their smart home store available in the USA. In the last 6…
Watch This: Wireless Philips Hue Tap Smart Switch
The guys from TWiT recently reviewed the Philips Hue Lux bulbs along with the interesting ‘Tap’ smart switch. The Tap works without batteries by harnessing the…
Loxone Reveal Wireless Miniserver GO Home Automation Controller
Austrian home automation specialist Loxone have this morning launched their latest controller, the Miniserver GO. Aimed squarely at the retro-fit market, the GO can communicate cable-free…