smart homes
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Ring’s New Doorbells Makes Your Smart Home Safer
Slowly but surely, the homes that we live in are getting a little smarter. You’re not going to wake up tomorrow and have your kettle talking to your bed talking to your TV talking to your bathtub like some crazy Wallace and Gromit situation, but you can still make some baby steps — like get…
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Which Virtual Butler Will Command The Servants In Your Smart Home?
With Belkin’s WeMo gadgets finally set to take orders from Apple’s Siri, the smart home giants are vying for the coveted position of household butler – acting as liaison between the lord of the manor and your digital servants.
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How To Save Power (And Money) Cooling Your Home In Summer
Temperatures expected to reach above 40 degrees in Sydney today, so here’s some advice to keep you from melting into a puddle. It may be tempting to crank the air-con up high and keep your house at sub-arctic temperatures until the weather outside finally cools down, but it’s worth thinking about the impact that’s going…
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How The Smart Homes Of The Future Will Look, And How They ‘ll Improve Your Life
For the past few decades “smart homes” have largely lived on the wrong side of possible. Shows like the Jetsons gave us dreams of robot servants, jetpacks and interconnected appliances, but our appliances never really got smarter. Until now.