The Automated Home site - a great resource for people wanting to keep abreast of developments in the DIY side of Home Automation. Automated Home focuses less on the big automation systems used by the Custom Install / CEDIA market; Crestron, Control4, Savant and AMX. Instead it's a great source of news and developments for products developed for keen home automation DIYers.
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- Review: Sandisk Extreme Portable 1TB SSDI’d have dearly loved to spec my new MacBook Pro with the 2TB SSD option. However it’s an eye-watering £720 extra to go from 1TB...
- New POPP Z-Wave Smart Home Sensor Can Detect MouldHere’s a new temperature and humidity sensor from Z-Wave specialists, POPP. It uses its measurements to determine the dew point and detect any potential risk of...
- Automated Home 2.0 – #03 What Tech Is Good Enough to Take to the New Build?When we announced we’d sold the Automated Home quite a few of you asked what items we were taking with us. It’s a great question,...
- Video: New Loxone iPad Wall Mount Brings Contemporary Cool to Your Smart HomeThis new wallmount turns your 9.7″ iPad into a convenient smart home control panel for your Loxone system. Machined from a block of aluminium it...
- Useful Gadget of the Week: Samotech Light Switch Cover for Philips Hue DimmerHere’s an adapter that looks very useful. The Samotech devices will converter your UK double wall switches to hold either 1 or 2 of the...
- Automated Home 2.0 – #02 The Checklists We Used to Move HouseAlthough there’s no tech here (next time we’ll be checking out what tech is good enough to take to the new build) hopefully these are practical...
- Exclusive Interview: ‘Home On’ Host Richard Gunther on The DIY Smart HomeThis time we talk to Richard Gunther (@richardgunther), host of the HOME: ON Podcast, a show about DIY home control and automation. Hi Richard. Can...
- Smart Home Black Friday DealsIt’s that time of the year again! Click here for the very latest Black Friday Smart Home Deals from Amazon! And here’s a great deal...
- Automated Home 2.0 – #01 The Pre-Move Sort, Sell, Salvage, Purge & PackSo we’ve moved out. Back when the Automated Home went up for sale we got straight into cleared all the detritus we had accumulated over the...
- Review: New Google Home Hub – Perfect Smart Display For Your Bedroom?The MadeByGoogle event last month launched the Pixel 3 as expected. But there was a surprise or two as well, not least the new Home Hub....
