Beecon is Free iBeacon Home Automation App
It’s a year since Apple announced iBeacon (check out our explanation of the technology here). Now the Beecon App aims to combine home automation with…
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Watch This: Hak5 Talks Home Automation Security at DefCon 22
In this recent video the Hak5 team discuss home automation security at DEF CON 22 from Las Vegas. Shannon Morse interviews Chris Littlebury from the Knowledge Consulting Group,…
Video: Eve & Adam Zigbee Smart Home Irrigation
This weeks smart home crowd funded candidate is ‘Eve’, an 8 or 16 zone intelligent irrigation controller. Eve communicates with its partner, the ‘Adam’, a…
Review: The eedomus Z-Wave Home Automation Controller
Bon soirs mes petits topinambours! Bienvenue to the Automated Home review of the latest home automation offering from France, the eedomus Z-Wave Controller. These things…
ComfortClick bOS – The Operating System for Buildings Launches on Indiegogo
ComfortClick have announced plans to launch what they describe as “the first building operating system”. ComfortClick bOS will allow users to connect and control any home device…
The Home Kit Framework – Details on Apple’s Home Automation Protocol
When Automated Home launched in 1996 there were only a handful of smart home systems out there – and none of them worked together. But things…
Rumour: Apple Working on Home Automation Features for iPhone
The Financial Times is reporting that Apple are once again working to integrate Smart Home technology into the iPhone. The FT reports that Apple will make a…
‘Shortcut’ App Brings Smartphone Voice Control to your Smart Home
‘Shortcut’ is a new smart home app just launched this month that allows you to control a variety of home automation systems with your voice. The…
ImperiHome Android Home Automation App Adds Zipabox Support
ImperiHome have announced that the latest release of their Android Home Automation app now supports the Zipato Zipabox. That’s on top of the support for…
Video: Robert Scoble’s Home Automation Interview with Revolv Co-Founder
Here’s the Scobleizer’s half-hour Google Hangout with Revolv co-founder, Mike Soucie. Revolv aim to be the App to unify your home automation systems on iOS (Android coming…
Roomie Remote: Your iPhone & iPad Smart Home Controller
We’ve been trying out the Roomie Remote app for a while now, comparing it to our dedicated home cinema remote control. Roomie goes way beyond…
Video: Revolv “Sexy” Home Automation
There’s been plenty of shiny new home automation products in the last few years. Many, like Nest, have been successful and have brought new functionality and…
Perceptive Automation Announce Indigo 6 Mac Home Automation Software
Today Perceptive Automation has moved their Indigo software from beta to official v6.0 release. We’ve been looking over the Mac OS X home automation application…
Video: Revolv Shows Google Glass Home Automation
A couple of months back we posted this video and wondered what Google Glass might mean for Home Automation interfaces of the future. Now the…
Control4 Announces New Wireless Lighting Control Family
Control4 have announced a new family of of wireless lighting control products. The company says they reduce programming complexity and are ideal for both for retrofit and new build…
Logitech Launch Harmony Ultimate and Harmony Smart Control
Logitech have announced two new universal remotes. The Logitech Harmony Ultimate is a £229 touchscreen and hard buttoned offering and the Logitech Harmony Smart Control…
Latest Open Home Automation Bus (openHAB) Update Brings Raft of New Features
Kai Kreuzer updates us on the progress of the open Home Automation Bus (openHAB) software project… Only 8 months after our 1.0 release we have reached…
Home Automation Systems and Technology Choices
The term “Home Automation” encompasses many different areas including Lighting, Heating / Aircon (HVAC), Energy Management, Security / CCTV, AV Distribution and Entertainment. There are…