With the vast array of DIY smart home appliances and voice assistants available on the market today, it might seem as if setting up a tech-savvy home is as simple as purchasing IoT compatible products off the shelf. The truth is that’s not quite the case. Not all products are compatible, and DIY can soon…
Affordable, inobtrusive and accessible from anywhere in the world, CCTV has come a long way from the grainy pictures, clunky cameras and painstaking installation of 15 years ago. In fact, CCTV is now one of the most accessible features you can add to any smart home. Offering peace of mind and downright convenience, here are…
If this year’s CES was anything to go by the smart bathroom is the next frontier of the smart home. The annual tech expo featured a host of smart products geared towards improving the bathroom experience. Considering bathrooms are becoming a bit of a theme, we thought we’d compile the latest gadgets from CES along…
Peace of mind and security are one of the most valuable investments you can make in your home, but it’s no ‘do it yourself’ affair. Real security lies in a system that consistently and effectively monitors your home whether you’re there or away, allowing you the reassurance that your property and family are protected at…
When we think of the smart home, often attention turns to the interior – to lighting, entertainment and temperature control, but beyond the interior of the smart home, there’s also very real value in creating a smart garden technology. A place where lighting can be automated, temperature and soil conditions can be monitored and plants…
Imagine something as simple as your household blinds could be automated? They could rise to welcome the new day, sense the level of warmth of an afternoon and close, or acknowledge you are intent on watching the latest release movie in a cinema-style environment and respond accordingly? Well, automated blinds are just one feature of the modern…
Thirty or so years ago when the internet was in its relative infancy, it would have been hard to image the smart homes we have today…appliances connected to the internet, automated tasks and voice activators that allow us to tell our homes what to do. Which begs the question, if we’ve come this far, how…
Imagine you utter a few little words in the morning and your home automatically springs to life…lights in the hall turn on, blinds open, the coffee maker quietly starts brewing a cup of the finest java and your daily appointments are read. Well, believe it or not, that smart capability is already at play and…
The Australian voice assistant market is about to get a whole lot more vocal with the recent launch of Apple’s offering; Apple HomePod After a significant period of testing and an unveiling last year, HomePod was officially released in Australia on February 9, signaling a whole new era in the adoption of voice activators and…
The smart home might steal much of the media limelight, but the technology that drives it is being employed far beyond just the environment in which we live. In fact, business is also a major driver of Smart Office Technology adoption as more and more offices see the very real value of employing its features…
