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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- Bargains: Muson 1080P Action Camera – £37 with Our Discount CodeThe guys from Muson sent me one of their £50 1080p action cameras along with a discount code to bring it down to an incredible £37.49...
- Video: Microsoft Tease GLAS Smart Thermostat from Johnson ControlsMicrosoft just revealed GLAS, a new smart home thermostat in a partnership with manufacturer Johnson Controls. In addition to the Nest-like intelligent (and potentially energy saving)...
- Stamp Story: How My Flickr Photo Was Used By Royal Mail for New 1st Class StampI hope you’ll forgive my indulgence this one time while I tell a story that’s not smart home related. Contact This tale began with a message I...
- Zigbee Alliance Introduces First Multi-Band IoT Mesh Network TechnologyThe Zigbee Alliance have announced the availability of Zigbee PRO 2017, the latest offering in the Alliance’s flagship mesh networking technology designed to connect and facilitate interoperability between smart...
- WD My Passport Wireless Pro is 4TB Traveling Plex Server + Camera BackupA couple of months ago I started to look around for a better portable hard drive to bring our media with us on holiday as well...
- On This Day 10 Years Ago…I still remember Saturday the 30th June 2007 clearly. On this day 10 years ago I landed in Florida on a family holiday. It was the...
- New Vemmio Z-Wave Plus System Enters UK Smart Home MarketThere’s a new Z-Wave game in town. Vemmio is a smart home manufacture from Poland and their new range of Z-Wave modules have just gone...
- Video: Sonoff WiFi Smart Switch for Alexa, MQTT & Nest Control for Under £10Here’s another great video from BRUH Automation on an interesting little in-line module that’s available for under £10 (or a little over £10 from sources closer to...
- Tesla Powerwall 2 Domestic Solar Battery Installation – Photos & DetailsEnergy storage is becoming more and more interesting to smart home owners and we recently spotted this write up of a Tesla Powerwall 2 installation...
- Mini Review: Google Home in the UKWe have an Echo and Echo Dot in the Automated Home so when Currys asked us if we wanted to try the new UK Google Home we were keen...
