Home automation – the idea of a smart home that monitors and controls the inside environment, takes commands from occupants, and generally makes living easier. Hackers, makers, and engineers have been ...

Those of you interested in building your very own automation systems may be enjoyed reading the new home automation page created by the official Arduino team. The new resource provides over 40+ home ...

People have long viewed home automation—the ability to monitor, program, and control your home’s lighting and entry locks, its heating and air conditioning, and other systems—as a technology that’s ...

If you are looking to build a unique, customizable home automation system you may be interested in a new project designed to use those old redundant phones or tablets tucked away indoors in cupboards.

Home automation has long been associated with high costs, a burdening assembly time, and a cumbersome process that impelled us to discard the idea of automating projects. However, these days are long ...

In our modern semi-dystopia, it seems like most companies add automation features to their products to lock them down and get consumers to buy even more proprietary, locked-down components. The few ...

One of the promises of voice-based computing is the ability to make home automation simpler – something that major tech companies, including Amazon, Apple and Google, are now tackling with their own ...

Reflecting on my 30-year career as a project manager, I have come to realize process automation projects have unique challenges, which make them more difficult to execute than other types of projects.

Home automation, mainly using Crestron, has been at the core of my audio-video system in my last three houses. While not the most fruitful of advertising category (when comparing to audiophile and ...

Now that nearly every tech company, retail store and hardware chain has its own home automation platform, Samsung doesn’t want to be left out. The electronics giant has acquired SmartThings, which ...

Audio One founder David Frangioni hangs out in his Sunny Isles office, surrounded by photos of rock stars. His company designs and installs high-end home and office automation systems, home theaters ...