About a month ago I was contacted by SmartWings, a manufacturer of automatic curtain solutions. They asked if I wanted to test one of their…
There’s a certain point in your smart home journey where things stop feeling like gadgets and start feeling like necessities. You forget what life was…
If you’ve ever relied on a standard water leak detector, you might have realised they all share a common, frustrating flaw: they only measure from…
When building a fully automated, privacy-respecting smart home, relying on cloud-based cameras with monthly subscription fees feels like a step backward. That is why I…
Welcome back, smart home tinkerers! If you’re on a mission to ditch cloud-dependent voice assistants and bring your smart home control strictly local, you are…
If you’re anything like me, your relationship with houseplants fluctuates between “botanical sanctuary” and “accidental desert.” We all start with the best intentions, but life…
A few years ago, I embarked on a project to build a dedicated e-ink dashboard for Home Assistant using the LilyGo 4.7” display. It was…
Choosing a home security system is a minefield, especially when thinking of smart home. Do you go with modern, subscription-based cloud cameras, or a traditional,…
The smart doorbell market is crowded, with options from giants like Ring and Google Nest. But SwitchBot, a brand known for its clever and quirky…
In the ever-expanding world of smart home security, it’s rare to find a camera that truly matches your needs. We often see incremental updates—a slight…