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Tiny FLIRC USB Dongle Adds IR Control to Raspberry Pi, NUC, HTPC’s 26 Aug 2013 | 01:05 pm
This has been around for a while and we’ve only just heard about it, but this cool little USB dongle may just make your day. FLIRC features a small IR receiver in the form of a USB key. It receives I...
Video: Fibaro Launch Z-Wave Flood Sensor 23 Aug 2013 | 12:36 pm
Fibaro have rapidly become one of the mostly highly regarded and innovative producers of Z-Wave home automation devices around. The superb Home Center 2 Z-Wave controller has been joined by the 3 in 1...
Video: “Piper” Home Security and Automation 22 Aug 2013 | 01:53 am
The explosion of smartphone and tablet controlled home automation devices continues with the introduction of “Piper”. Blacksumac are the Canadian company behind the unit thats runs Linix on an ARM CPU...
Video: Revolv “Sexy” Home Automation 20 Aug 2013 | 09:27 pm
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 simplicity to smart home control. Howeve...
Marmitek Introduces the TIP10RF IP to X10 RF Transceiver 19 Aug 2013 | 12:45 pm
Marmitek clearly believe there’s life in the old dog yet with the introduction of the TIP10RF IP to X10 RF Transceiver. For around £50 this device allows you to control your X10 modules from your mobi...
Why I Regret Making My House a Smart-House 15 Aug 2013 | 01:19 pm
If you are a DIY Home Automator you’d probably admit your system needs a little finessing now and then. You are the sysadmin that reboots the house once in a while and are usually tweaking ,improving...
Perceptive Automation Announce Indigo 6 Mac Home Automation Software 13 Aug 2013 | 07:41 pm
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 in recent weeks and we’re impressed. N...
Video: Raspberry Pi Voice Control for LightwaveRF Devices 12 Aug 2013 | 01:30 pm
Home automation hacker Charlie Cole has employed a Raspberry Pi to create a voice interface to his LightwaveRF devices. A virtual butler is born and ‘Jeeves’ controls lights, sockets and IR devices u...
Z-Wave Compatibility Guide: Choosing the Right Home Automation Devices 9 Aug 2013 | 10:03 pm
One of the advantages of choosing the Z-Wave Home Automation standard is the wide variety of modules available from the many manufactures that support it. However as things get more complex, compatibi...
Video: The Verge Tour of Smart Home Tech 1 Aug 2013 | 10:38 pm
Episode 17 of the Verge’s “Top Shelf” video podcast is entitled “Playing House”. David Pierce interviews Piers Fawkes of PSFK as they show some contemporary technologies for the home. The 20 minute ...
