After nearly two and a half years of ownership, I sold my Model 3 last Autumn, taking advantage of the incredibly strong used prices. The rumour was the ...

With our student getting ready to return home it was time to setup the den upstairs. The timing couldn’t have been better because BenQ got in touch and ...

I’ve referred back to this post about a Smart Home Utopia many times since I wrote it 14 years ago. In the intervening years, there have been many ...

Last August we took a look at some of the decisions that led us to build a low energy home. Now that we’ve been through our first full calendar year, ...

The Automated Home Blog started life in 1996, so 2021 saw it reach its 25th Anniversary. The top 20 most popular posts from the past 12 months ...

One of the cool controls we loved using during our weekend staying in the Loxone Show Home in Austria was the ‘Touch Surface’. What Is It? This is ...

In Part 1, friend of Automated Home, MarkB, started to convert his smart home over to using Shelly modules and in Part 2 he created a smart EV charger. ...

October 18, 2021 Here’s the numbers on the new MacBook Pros just announced… MacBook Pro New M1 Pro SoC5nm 10 CPU Cores16 GPU CoresNew M1 Max ...

In Part 1, friend of Automated Home, MarkB, started to convert his smart home over to using Shelly modules. Now in Part 2 he uses more Shelly hardware, ...

September 14, 2021 Tim has gone for a lie down after todays iPhone 13 presentation. So here’s our usual cheat sheet, with most of the details and ...

September 13, 2021 Athom, Dutch creators of the Homey smart home system have reinvented the controller as an app and Cloud service. The makers say ...

Friend of Automated Home, MarkB, covers his latest DIY smart home project as he converts his house to use Shelly modules… There is no shortage of ...