In the year 2123, when homes are more than just a place to live, they're an extension of one's identity, Jasmine, an ambitious tech enthusiast, received a package that would transform her living experience. It was the Black+Decker Smart Home Starter Kit. — Read the rest
For $1.6 million, you can live inside these converted grain silos on nearly 400 acres of land in Odessa, Washington. Host your friends! Watch movies! Shoot guns! From Moses Lake Realty Group:
— Read the rest386.11 acres of phenomenal hunting ground, w/ an abundance of game all year round.
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If you've ever been to a house with smart lighting, you know how cool it is. With just a simple voice command or press of a button on a phone, you can brighten a room, dim the lights, or simply turn them on or off. — Read the rest
The Cube Two X is a 377-square foot pre-fabricated tiny smart home from Singaporean company Nestron. And it absolutely looks like something out of a 70s sci-fi movie. Available in one- or two-bedroom configurations, the $98,000 house comes with built-in furniture and amenities including a couch, refrigerator, and a projector in lieu of a television. — Read the rest
Remember the 80's movie, Electric Dreams? In the film, an architect named Miles buys a personal computer, which proceeds to become sentient, name itself Edgar, fall in love with Miles' neighbor, and during a climactic jealous confrontation, take over all the electronics in Miles' home. — Read the rest
With the proliferation of smart objects, most of us assumed it wouldn't be long before virtually every electrical device has a new, upgraded smart 2.0 version that's web-compatible, voice-controllable, and ready to enjoy as a cohesive part of your 2021 smart home of the future. — Read the rest
There's a case to be made that your home has now become smarter than you are. Sure, you're the one paying the bills, but with the rise of web-enabled tech spread across every corner of your home, there's probably more digital thinking going on within your four walls today than you ever realized. — Read the rest
The advent of the smart home is happening behind an almost glacially slow encroachment. You get a smart bulb here, maybe a smart thermostat there, then your new TV comes with some smart features built right in.
We all have visions of our fully integrated smart home of the future operating something like JARVIS from the Marvel movies. — Read the rest
Smart technology isn't always about leashing all of our household devices to our every whim. Sometimes, it's just about protecting us from ourselves.
We've all left the house in the heat of summer for an afternoon or even for a weekend getaway, only to return and discover we left the air conditioner on. — Read the rest
Between all of our apps, streaming devices, Bluetooth speakers, and energy-sucking decorations, paying for utilities each month can be…brutal. In fact, the average household spends roughly $70 a month on the water bill alone. That number might not seem terribly significant, but when you add it up, that's $840 a year — a pretty significant chunk of cheddar, and that's just for one of your many bills. — Read the rest
Transparency reports are standard practice across the tech industry, disclosing the nature, quantity and scope of all the law enforcement requests each company receives in a given year.
The UK consumer review magazine Which? (equivalent to America's Consumer Reports) has published a special investigation into the ways that Internet of Things smart devices are spying on Britons at farcical levels, with the recommendation that people avoid smart devices where possible, to feed false data to smart devices you do own, and to turn off data-collection settings in devices' confusing, deeply hidden control panels.
The Mirai and Reaper botnets were just the beginning. xkcd's graph on the fragility of IoT systems is a warning of things to come.
In celebration of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Allen Pan built a wonderful home automation system where the interface is an ocarina as seen in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. (Thanks, Lux!)
Giveaway alert! Would you like to equip your home with the latest offerings in smart home technology? With this giveaway, you'll receive a Skybell Wi-Fi Video Doorbell, a WeMo Switch to turn anything on or off, a Philips Hue White Starter Kit to control light levels, a Nest Thermostat, and an Amazon Echo. — Read the rest
TL;DR: If you need a killer gift this holiday season, you can snag the NeoRuler smart digital ruler for just $114.97 (Reg. $129.99). Act fast, this deal ends 11/9 at 11:59 PM PST.
Need to measure up this holiday season? You could be taken to task at gift-giving time, so it's best to keep the gifts cool so you don't lose your title of best gift-giver in the family. — Read the rest
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Nothing should stand in between you and your family's safety. So having the right tools in place to safeguard your home is the first step to ensuring everyone in your brood sleeps with both eyes closed and soundly. — Read the rest
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If you're looking to step up your home or office security, then a reliable door camera might be looking into. — Read the rest
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Imagine if your door automatically unlocked when it sensed you approaching? With the BOSMA Aegis Smart Door Lock, you'll never find yourself frantically searching for your house key in the pouring rain ever again. — Read the rest
If the sport of golf is anything, it's both the game of champions and what your grandpa falls asleep to on his recliner during his midday nap. Whatever precious spot golf holds in your life, it also plays its part as a huge stress reliever. — Read the rest
