Video: Hubitat is SmartThings Alternative with Local Processing & Privacy
I’ve been enjoying Matt Ferrell’s ‘Undecided’ YouTube channel for a while now and it was a pleasant surprise to see his latest video was on…
ComfortClick Launches Colibri – the First Z-Wave Hub for Professional Projects
ComfortClick has launched what it’s billing as the first Z-Wave hub intended for both commercial and residential projects. Colibri enables system integrators and DIYers to…
Collecting My Tesla Model 3 Today – A Petrol Head’s Journey to the Electric Side
At 3:30am on 1st April 2016 I was sat up in bed, refreshing a stubbornly unresponsive web page. Five thousand miles west, it was early…
Frigate is Open Source CCTV People Sensor, MQTT Integration with HomeAssistant
Frigate is an Open Source CCTV People Sensor Blake Blackshear’s project on GitHub uses OpenCV and Tensorflow to perform realtime object detection on RTSP cameras with…
Video: Control & Automate Your Husqvarna Automower With IFTTT
Just a quick post for all you Automower owners out there. IFTTT have recently added support for Husqvarna’s range of garden robots… With the IFTTT…
Check Out This Cool Budget Wall Controller Setup using Home Assistant
Reddit user loonysup posted this cool smart home control panel Been working on this for a while now. It’s utilizing home assistant on the backend….
tado° Launches HomeKit-Compatible Smart AC Control V3+
German smart home heating firm, tado° have unveiled the latest V3+ edition of their Smart AC Control. With HomeKit-compatible hardware and a new app, the Smart…
Our WWDC 2019 Keynote Cheat Sheet – “Write code. Blow minds”
This years WWDC keynote from the San Jose Convention Centre is just wrapping up. Tim is no Steve when it comes to presentations so thank goodness…
AutoHome Rewards: Meross Smart Wi-Fi Garage Door Openers to Give Away + Discount Code
Thanks to the guys at Meross we have 2 of their WiFi Smart Garage Door Openers to giveaway. These kits work with almost all garage…
Faradite Unveils Engraving Service to Customise TAP-5 Smart Home Switches
Faradite’s new engraving service brings personalised smart switches to your home. The new engraving service is available on their TAP-5 range of contemporary control points compatible with…
Marmitek GigaView 911 UHD is Wireless 4K HDMI Extender
Marmitek’s latest AV gadget is the GigaView 911 UHD, a transmitter and receiver pair that promises to send your 4K UHD HDMI signals wirelessly from your…
Smart Home Week 2019 – Interview #5 Simon Collinson from Philips Hue
Smart Home Week is a marketing collaboration between industry stakeholders and it aims to “inform, educate and reassure UK consumers about the benefits and opportunities…
Smart Home Week 2019 – Interview #4 David Mudd from BSI
Smart Home Week is a marketing collaboration between industry stakeholders and it aims to “inform, educate and reassure UK consumers about the benefits and opportunities…
Smart Home Week 2019 – Interview #3 Nigel Fisher from Yale
Smart Home Week is a marketing collaboration between industry stakeholders and it aims to “inform, educate and reassure UK consumers about the benefits and opportunities…
Smart Home Week 2019 – Interview #2 Paul Hughes from Tado
Smart Home Week is a marketing collaboration between industry stakeholders and it aims to “inform, educate and reassure UK consumers about the benefits and opportunities…
Smart Home Week 2019 – Interview #1 Abbie Byrom from Samsung SmartThings
Smart Home Week is a marketing collaboration between industry stakeholders and it aims to “inform, educate and reassure UK consumers about the benefits and opportunities…
Review: Airthings Wave Plus Smart Indoor Air Quality Monitor & Radon Detector
Airthings, the Norway-based tech company, has introduced the Wave Plus smart radon, CO2 and TVOC detector into the UK market. Air Quality Monitor We’re all much more…
Meeting the Tesla Model 3 – Photos & Video
Northern Ireland doesn’t have a Tesla store (yet), but wearing my other hat as NIEVO editor, I was delighted to get an invite to the Dublin…
Video: Home Network Tour – Ubiquiti UniFi, Loft Rack & Fibre
If you’re an Automated Home regular then there’s a chance you already have a rack in your loft. Either way, here’s an interesting video tour…
Stringify Cloud Home Automation Service is Closing Down – Here are the Alternatives
Earlier this week Stringify, the home automation Cloud Integration service, announced that it is shutting down. After nearly five years of transforming how people automate…