From feeding, sleeping, changing diapers, and keeping everyone safe and healthy, having babies and toddlers at home can make your life complicated. On top of your daily jobs and keeping …
Home Automation Ideas For Your Pets
As a pet-lover who has furry companions at home, you may find it difficult to leave the house for a few days, or even just hours, without someone looking after …
Home Automation Ideas for Bedtime Routines
Imagine you come home from a long and exhausting day at the office, and you’re drained from a long day at work. Now all you want to do is to …
Smart Home Hub – Hubitat Review
If you have different smart home devices for everything – locks, security cameras, lights, motion sensors, garage doors, room temperature – a smart home platform to link everything can be …
Wink Hub Review: Is it the Best Home Automation Hub?
The new Staples Connect D-Link hub was released in late 2014 and given the previous praises of the Staples home automation system, we thought it would be a good candidate …
Low Tech Smart Home: Using Motion Sensor Outlets
Like the idea of lights coming on for you when you enter a dark room? Not sold on hubs and apps to make it happen? Turns out, you don’t need …
GE Bluetooth Light Switch Review: Look Mom, No Hubs!
Like the idea of automation your lights but don’t want to spring for a smart hub along with switches and bulbs? Well, that could be a thing of the past …
Cao Gadgets Wireless Sensor Tags Review
Anybody love the look of bulky entry sensors the size of a deck of cards taped to your door frame? Not so much? You ought to take a look at …
How to Keep People from Turning Off Your Smart Devices
So, you’re getting into home automation and you won the battle (link to waf article) of teaching your spouse how to use your home automation. Congratulations, you’ve already made it …
How to make an improvised DIY water sensor for under $6
In the age of in-home personal digital assistants like Google Home and Amazon Alexa, I thought it would be fun to take a look at how simple solutions can cheaply …
How to Hack an Amazon Dash Button to Make a $5 Home Automation Remote
Like the idea of a remote that ties into your home automation system but don’t want to drop $35 on a remote like the Z-Wave Minimote? Well, the Amazon Dash …
How To Make A WiFi Bed Occupancy Sensor with an Arduino
Want your home automation system to be smarter and know when you’re sleeping? Like the idea of arming an alarm or using dimmed lights when you’re in bed at night? …
How to Make A Cheaper Smart Doorbell Sensor in 10 Minutes (Z-Wave, Zigbee, You Name It!)
Having a hard time finding a doorbell sensor for your smart home automation system? No worries, you can easily make your own sensor doorbell by following this guide. Read on …
Ultimate Review: The Best Robot Mops for 2020
We all want a clean house. But keeping every corner of your home clean can be a tedious job and something that not everyone would enjoy. If you live in …
How to Make a DIY Smart Garage Door Opener that Works with Any Protocol
I know you’ve gotten 5 minutes down the road and asked yourself, “Did I close the garage door?”. Now, instead of turning around or leaving your garage and house vulnerable …