5 Ways to Make Bedtime Better with Home Automation
It’s important for your bedtime routine to be as pleasant as possible, since it is the last thing you do before going to sleep....
Ring+ Connects Doorbells to Smart Homes
I recently did an article on Ring, the future of the doorbell. While that article covered the basics of what the video doorbell offers,...
Customize Your Smart Home Assistant With Alexa Blueprint
There’s smart home customization and then there’s the new Alexa Blueprint, which allows everyday users to skip the complicated development process to create a...
When Home Automation Goes Very, Very Wrong
You may have read a funny, but disturbing, viral story recently about how one family’s experience with a Roomba went from awesome to downright...
The Home Automation System That You’ve Never Heard Of
It’s easy. It’s elegant. It’s simple. It’s the home automation system that you’ve never heard of. Why?
There is one obvious answer to that: it’s...
All About the Samsung SmartThings Sensor
The Samsung SmartThings Sensor is currently available on Amazon for about $40. That is a pretty decent price, but you might be wondering what...
The All New Echo Dot Is Here, and I Ordered One
In November of 2014, Amazon shook up the home automation market when it released the Echo, a smart home assistant that responds to voice...
Is the New iRobot Roomba 980 Smart Enough?
We have smart TVs, smart computers, smart cars, and even smart lightbulbs. So why is it that we still haven’t mastered a smart vacuum?...
Unexpected Outcomes of Having Smart Home Products
When I think about smart home products, I expect them to make my life easier. I expect a heightened convenience in my life, and,...
An Augmented Look at the Forthcoming Google Home
What better way to explore smart home technology then by using…other technology? That’s just what we recently did with the forthcoming Google Home product.
Google...