My Automated Home: Raspberry Pi + Node-Red + MQTT & Amazon Echo
In our latest My Automated Home feature, Dave McLaughlin takes us through his journey developing his own smart home system. With some DIY upgrades to existing…
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Video: EVE Connect Links Your Smart Home With Your Smart Car
As more people prepare to get their hands on a Tesla via the Model 3, here’s a software platform that links your your smart car…
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,…
Smart Home Lighting: The Cons and Pros
Founder of Brilliant Lighting and member of CEDIA, Iain Shaw give us his view of the current state of play between the DIY and Professional smart…
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…
Weekend Project: Setting up Home Assistant on your PC or Mac
Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform running on Python 3 Earlier this week version 0.18 was released and with it even more support…
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…
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…
Video: Zipato Reveal ZipaTILE Wall Mount Smart Home Controller
Zipato have revealed their new wall mount home automation controller ahead of CES 2016. Looking like the Kylo Ren of the smart home world, the Android powered…
Say Hello, Z-Wave Goodbye
Part of the attraction of a Z-Wave smart home setup is the great range of hardware modules on offer. There are currently 375 different manufacturers producing over…
The Best Value Way to Start Your HomeKit Smart Home Setup
This Philips Hue kit currently costs £59.99 for 2 x Hue White LED bulbs plus the new v2 hub that supports Apple HomeKit. As the hub is…
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…
Homebridge Links Legacy Home Automation Devices to Apple HomeKit
[UPDATE – Read our HomeBridge tutorial for a guide on how to set it up with SmartThings and Siri] As companies decide wether or not to…
Exclusive Interview: ‘Works with Nest’ at the Centre of The Smart Home
It’s been less than 18 months since the ‘Works with Nest’ program was launched and Nest say they’ve already signed up more than 10,000 developers. Their devices…
Logitech Reveal New Harmony Elite Smart Remote with Home Automation
As part of refreshed line-up, Logitech have announced their new top-end universal remote, the Harmony Elite. Logitech say the Elite delivers the same feature set as the…
5 HomeKit Compatible Devices to Start Your Home Automation System
[UPDATE – Check out The Best Value Way to Start Your HomeKit Smart Home Setup] If you’re thinking of dipping your toe into the world…
Will The Cloud be the Integrator in the Sky to Save Home Automation?
A few weeks ago Amazon added support for the WeMo and Philips Hue lights to their Echo home speaker. Suddenly people who had the Amazon device plus the lighting products in…
Apple Watch Review: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly After a Wearable Weekend
The wait is over and the Apple Watch is here, at least for those that pre-ordered. So should you put an Apple on your arm?…
Belkin to Expand WeMo Ecosystem with New Smart Home Sensors
Belkin has announced plans to expand its WeMo smart home range with 5 new sensors. WeMo’s new home sensors allow users to monitor their entire home…
Home Assistant – Open Source Python Home Automation Platform
Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform running on Python 3. The software allows you to track and control devices around your home from a single, mobile-friendly,…