Axis Gear Lets You Easily Motorize Any Window Blinds and Shades
Yes, you can now buy blinds that have an integrated motor, allowing you to automate just how much natural light you allow inside the house at any time. When... Read More...
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iRobot Terra Brings The Roomba’s Vaunted Mapping Tech To Lawnmowers
It’s not the first robot designed to function as an autonomous lawnmower. From the Robomower and the SpyderEvo to the Honda Miimo and the Kobi Garden Robot,... Read More...
Best Alexa-Compatible Smart Home Devices As Seen At CES 2019
At last year’s CES, Alexa’s presence was mostly limited to voice-controlled speakers. This year, that changed a lot, with the digital assistant finding its way ... Read More...
Our Favorite Robots From CES 2019
We'll admit it. There was so much cool stuff at CES this year, that we were caught totally off guard. We went in thinking it was going to be more of the same wi... Read More...
Foldimate Finally Shows Off A Working Clothes-Folding Robot And It’s Amazing
We featured the Foldimate two years ago, back when it was in the prototype stages and far from ready to get into people’s homes. Apparently, they’re finally... Read More...
Brilliant Control Manages Your Smart Home Straight From The Light Switch
It’s not the first control hub to attempt to unify your home devices from a single interface. The Brilliant Control, however, just might offer the most comp... Read More...
Automate All Your Appliances With Belkin’s Mini Smart Plug
Unless you’re rolling in disposable income, it’s absolutely not practical to replace all your appliances with smart alternatives. Especially not when that s... Read More...
Sphero Force Band Now Gives You Jedi Powers Over The Internet Of Things
Yes, using the Sphero Force Band to control your BB-8 droid is a lot more fun than using a smartphone app. If you don’t play with the rolling robot all that... Read More...
Ding: Finally, The Non-Overkill Smart Doorbell We’ve Always Wanted
We’ve seen smart doorbells before. While great, the inclusion of motion detectors, video recorders, and a whole load of other stuff just make them overly co... Read More...
Wink Hub 2 Is Smaller, Faster, And More Powerful Central Panel For Your Smart Home
Wink changed the game two years ago when they integrated all your smart devices from a single control panel, allowing you to manage your smart lights, smart... Read More...
New Philips Hue Sensor Controls Your Lighting All On Its Own
Being able to turn your Philips Hue bulbs on and off from a phone is convenient and all, but why can’t your smart home be really smart and figure out when y... Read More...
Control Your Smart Home With Logitech’s Pop Home Switch
How do we control the connected devices that are increasingly taking over our homes? That’s the question folks who’ve embraced home automation have been gra... Read More...
You Can Open The Ultraloq UL3 BT Smart Lock Four Different Ways
Yes, smart door locks are awesome, allowing you to open the door remotely, automatically, or any other darn time you want it to. Let’s be honest, though – s... Read More...
Will Somebody Start Selling This Smart Bathroom Mirror Already?
We’ve seen many homebrewed attempts at making smart bathroom mirrors. You know, mirrors with a hidden LCD that flashes pertinent information throughout the ... Read More...
Just Point The Sevenhugs Smart Remote At Any Connected Object To Control It
Apps are a great solution for controlling the internet of things. Problem is, the sheer amount of connected objects we’re starting to have means you’re goin... Read More...
Netatmo Presence: This Security Cam Can Identify What’s At The Door
Like other smart surveillance cameras, the Netatmo Presence will stand by your door, serving as a faithful watchdog and sending alerts to your phone wheneve... Read More...
You Can Control The Color, Brightness, And Direction Of Light In Fluxo’s Smart Pendant Lamp
Similar to smart bulbs, the Fluxo pendant lamp can change colors and brightness levels on demand, as well as autonomously control itself, depending on your ... Read More...
Dojo Is A Learning Device That Secures Your Smart Home From Online Threats
A fully-connected smart home enables unique conveniences that can genuinely improve your living quality, apart from potentially saving you money down the li... Read More...
Knocki Turns Any Surface Into An Internet-Of-Things Controller
The beauty of connected devices is that you can just pick up a phone and control them, switching on the lamp, adjusting the thermostat, and even unlocking t... Read More...
Lazylocks Simplify The Smart Lock For The Rest Of Us
Granted, the Lazylocks isn’t exactly the kind of deadbolt you’d trust to secure the front door of your house. I mean, it’s kind of lazy. If you’d like to ad... Read More...
Nest Cam Revealed, With 1080p Video And Slightly Smaller Footprint
When Nest bought Dropcam last year, people wondered when a rebranded version of the latter’s camera will come out. Apparently, that time is now, with the an... Read More...
Switchmate Snaps Onto Your Existing Light Switch To Turn It Into A Connected Device
When you want to be able to control the light bulb from your phone, you have two choices: use a smart LED bulb or wire in a smart switch. If you don’t care ... Read More...
Quirky Tapt Is A Light Switch That Can Control Your Entire Smart Home
Smart light switches isn't something I thought we'd see. I mean, why would anyone make a light switch smart? Apparently, to give it awesome superpowers by... Read More...
Ubi: Like Having Siri In Your Wall Outlet
What would happen if you took Siri (or Google Now or Cortana) out of the smartphone and put it in a box that plugs directly to a wall outlet? That’s the qu... Read More...
Level Up Your Home Monitoring With Notion
We’re still a long way from finding the limits of what we can do with smart homes. Surely, though, we’re getting there, especially with new products that d... Read More...
Tethercell Turns Any AA-Powered Device Into A Bluetooth-Controlled Gadget
Clocks, smoke alarms, remotes, flashlights, toys – we still use plenty of things that rely on good old AA batteries. And while they work well enough, would... Read More...
Haven Reinvents The Door Lock Into Something Way Stronger Than Deadbolt
Smart locks are great, but they still use the same old locking mechanism that’s prone to giving out when someone brute forces their way through your door. ... Read More...
Vocca Adds Voice-Activation Powers To Any Existing Light Bulb
The idea behind Vocca is simple: using a smartphone to switch the lights on and off isn’t necessarily more efficient than simply getting up and flicking the... Read More...