[Photo: Courtesy Samantha Fisher] Imagine a house where your appliances run themselves, where lights adjust without you having to get up, and where your snail-mailbox would send you a message when you ...

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You know you're wasting electricity around your house. And as a geek, you've always dreamed of being able to run your home from a portable device - maybe something slick and hand-held? Well, this ...

RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. and BOCA RATON, Fla.—Samsung and ADT together announced a new professionally monitored, self-installed life safety solution powered by the Samsung SmartThings platform. “Our ...

Are there any businesses selling solutions for this use case? I'm looking for home automation options that aren't network connected, nor beholden to a server that's going to make them obsolete in 5 ...

If you would prefer not to send your home automation data to third party, you may be interested in a new DIY project to build a home automation hub published by David Albert. Using a $20 GL-MT300Nv2 ...

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Archos' Smart Home platform has hit shelves, offering yet another way to wade into home automation without having to trail wires around the house. Announced back in December, the system centers on a ...

The Belkin WeMo Light Switch replaces most single wall-mounted on/off switches and lets you control your lights from anywhere with an Internet connection. The switch connects to your home WiFi network ...

Sixty-two percent of consumers interested in learning more about home automation said security was their primary motivation, with 67 percent preferring professional installation over do-it-yourself ...

Home automation has had its fits and starts for the last 20 years, but it appears that most of the variables are in place to ignite serious growth in this currently nascent market. As I wrote about ...

The Raspberry Pi is great for home automation projects, and DIYer Iaian Hamilton shows off how to use it to create a lighting and audio control that uses a simple web interface for control. The system ...