D-Link launches Omna 180 Cam – First Apple HomeKit Enabled IP CCTV Camera
The Omna 180 Cam HD is a new Apple HomeKit enabled camera from D-Link. The Omna 180 Cam HD provides an easy way for users…
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7 Smart Home Videos from CES 2017
Here are a few interesting smart home tech videos from last weeks CES. It’s hard to find one that doesn’t feature Amazon Alexa and of course…
Top 20 Automated Home Posts of the Year 2016
2016 has been an interesting year, even the complicated world of Smarthome tech has been easier to follow than the politics. Before we start, here’s a special…
Going Solar Part 1 – Installing a 4kW PV Array at the Automated Home
Having watched the price of photovoltaic solar panels steadily fall over the last few years and seeing a drop in incentives looming on the horizon,…
Efergy Engage Hub Monitors Home Energy Consumption & PV Solar Generation Online
We all know the story, you need to be able to measure something before you can set about implementing changes. It’s no different for your home’s power…
Top 20 Automated Home Posts of the Year 2015
The end of another year as we close in on an important Automated Home milestone, but more on that soon. Z-Wave really took off in…
SmartThings + Raspberry Pi & Homebridge = Siri HomeKit Controlled Smart Home
Here’s everything you need to get Siri controlling your Samsung SmartThings, Philips Hue lighting and Sonos using a Raspberry Pi running Homebridge. Automated Home reader (and media producer) Paul Gale takes…
Z/IP ZIPR Expands Z-Wave Networks to Thousands of Devices Over IP
In days gone by, if you were planning a mega Z-Wave install you may have paused to consider the maximum number of nodes allowed. But now…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
New RFXCOM RFXtrx433E Adds Somfy RTS Motor Control
We use the excellent RFXtrx433 with our Mac based Indigo home automation setup. Now there’s a new version of the wireless smart home swiss army knife,…
Amazon UK Launch Dedicated Home Automation Store
Last September Amazon opened a smart home section on their American site. Now Amazon UK have just launched their own Home Automation store too. Split…
Our New Home Server Isn’t a Server – The Synology 1813+ NAS Review
Like most of you, our storage requirements have been growing over the years. Our first Jukebox server was built in 2005, mainly to store music…
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,…
Heat Genius: Intelligent Heating Controller with Z-Wave
Heat Genius have recently launched their new intelligent domestic heating controller. They say that heating accounts for 66% of household energy usage (an average bill…
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…