Mini Review: Oculus Rift – Game Changing Hardware That Takes Me To The Track
I’m writing this the night after my first real experience of VR and my mind is blown. I’ve done the whole Google Cardboard and Gear…
Hardware
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,…
Husqvarna Automower Review Part 4 – Connect Control
Automower ‘Connect’ is Husqvarna’s name for their smartphone interface to the mower. The hardware is fitted as standard on the range topping 450X, but it’s an…
Devolo Home Control Review Part 2 – Motion Detection and Switching
Building on the Starter pack it is natural to extend the scope of the system by adding some additional devices and Devolo have provided a…
Husqvarna Automower Review Part 3 – Perfect Timing
So after Installing the Automower followed by a Few Weeks of Intensive Cutting it was time to throttle back and let Elon take it a little bit…
Devolo Home Control Review Part 1 – Starter Pack
Interested in having a ‘smart home’? Want to do more than just switch a few lights on and off? Want to save energy and cut…
SMA Sunny Home Manager Maximises Self Consumption for Solar PV Owners
Exporting the unused energy produced on domestic Solar PV systems is a bad idea. The current rate in our area is only around £0.03 per kWh…
Fortrezz MIMOLite Z-wave Multi Input Output Universal Bridge
Here’s a module that should be ideal to bridge your DIY projects to your Z-Wave network.. The Fortrezz MIMOlite is an interface / bridge module, capable…
Husqvarna Automower Review Part 2 –The First Cut is the Deepest
Last time we left the mower driving off its charging dock to calibrate itself then set about its first cut (if you haven’t already, then check…
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…
Useful Gadget of the Week: Energenie 30 Minute Run Down Timer Plug
Over complicating stuff can be something of a habit with some home automators but sometimes the KISS principal is best observed. Here’s a gadget that should be…
Husqvarna Automower Review Part 1 – The Robots are Coming
Earlier this year Husqvarna launched a campaign looking for 100 bloggers to test out their Automower robotic lawnmower range. Now who doesn’t want their own little R2D2 running…
Video: Very Cool Touch Switch Coming to Iridium Mobile?
Here’a fab looking touch switch posted to Twitter by Nikolay Rusanov. From what we can make out from the short video the unit supports PoE (although there’s a…
Smanos Launch New Smart Home Security Hub, Doorbell and WiFi Camera
We visited the smanos stand at last months Gadget Show Live. The Netherlands based company have been producing security systems for a while now and have recently added…
In Depth Review of New Devolo Z-Wave Home Control System
The guys at Vesternet have just publish a huge in depth review of the brand new Devolo Smart Home Control System. The range is made…
Smart Shades Solar Powered Bluetooth Blind Motor Controlled from your Phone
Originally crowd funded (and raising 874% of its goal), Smart Shades is a clever little Bluetooth blind controller. The motor unit attaches to the cord of…
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…
Exclusive Interview: The ZigBee Alliance on v3.0, The IoT & Affordable Sensors
ZigBee is the technology behind the SmartThings Hub, Philips Hue Lighting and many other home automation modules and sensors. We asked Mark Walters, VP of Strategic…
Aeon Labs Tease with Aeotec Z-Wave Plus Doorbell
So this one’s a bit of a tease. If you’re on the look out for a Z-Wave doorbell then how does this sound… Load the Aeotec doorbell…
Video: Xandem’s Mesh of Nodes Provides Occupancy Tracking in Your Smart Home
Ah… smart home occupancy detection, that old chestnut. Xandem Home is a new system that promises complete coverage of movement and occupancy detection around your house….