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• Useful Gadget of the Week: iOttie Easy One Touch Wireless Qi Wireless Car Mount
  Since the iPhone finally has wireless charging it was time to look for a new car cradle with built in Qi. The iOttie Easy One Touch...
• Video: The Modern Smart Home is Inconvenient and It’s Spying on You
  A few months back Gizmodo reporter Kashmir Hill installed a home automation system in her apartment. With the aid of a specially build router based...
• Open Irrigation is Open Source Raspberry Pi System to Optimise Water Usage
  Open Irrigation is a Raspberry Pi based system that uses weather data from Wunderground. It doesn’t require any additional sensors and can control 4 zones of...
• Review: I’ve Found My Perfect Headphones – Sennheiser Momentum 2 Wireless
  When I got my Bragi The Headphone their tiny drivers disappointed. They don’t provide the sound I love and I realised I was going to have to go...
• Sonoff RF Bridge Converts 433MHz Devices to WiFi For Smartphone Control
  Here’s an inexpensive little device that will be of interest for anyone using 433MHz in their smart home set up. Sonoff (famous for their low cost WiFi...
• Vortical Tech’s Hybrid Tesla Turbine Generates Electricity from Your Home Water Usage
  Now here’s a bit of lateral thinking, a new device to generate electricity from your home water supply. Vortical Tech develops alternative energy devices and...
• Video: Owl Takes DashCams to the Next Level with Silicon Valley Smarts
  I’ve had a dash camera in my last couple of cars. They’re fairly dumb affairs though and this seems like one of the areas that’s...
• Caavo is Intelligent HDMI Switcher Plus TV Voice Universal Remote Rolled Into One
  Is that show I watch available on my Amazon Fire TV Stick, or was it my Chromecast with Netflix. Or maybe it was my Apple...
• Common Sense Prevails as Sky Q to get Netflix Option
  In our popular Sky Q review from 2016 we said… It’s a shame Sky won’t allow apps like Netflix and Amazon Video on the Q...
• Exclusive: We Talk to one of Loxone’s Newest Installers for Smart Home Advice
  We sat down with new Loxone Partner and CEDIA Member Scott McMurray of Epitome Living to talk about the reasons he chose Loxone, his advice...