Aug 8, 2020 | Lighting Control, Smart Home, Technology
If there’s something to learn from the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s that we should be minimising contact with surfaces; including light switches, and other common devices. Since the development of the first usable light bulb in the late 1800s, we have become...
Nov 25, 2019 | Lighting Control, Smart Home, Technology
Imagine… Your alarm clock peacefully wakes you up at 5am. As you remove the bed covers, and your feet touch the floor, a suptle glow of light illuminates your path to the bathroom and robe, allowing you to change into your gym clothes in an unobtrusive, dimmed...
May 27, 2018 | Gadgets, Lighting, Lighting Control, Smart Home, Technology
My nightstand provides the right amount of technology to allow me to settle in for the night, go to sleep, and wake up in the morning. Amazon Echo Spot Even without the Spot’s ability to control smart home products and systems, it is the perfect bedside clock....
Nov 25, 2017 | Lighting, Lighting Control, Music, Security, Smart Home, Technology, Television
The modern home requires a technology infrastructure that uses a combination of wired and wireless networks. Wireless technologies and products are very convenient. Being wireless allow us to be mobile, without being tethered to a wired data socket. As convenient as...
Nov 25, 2017 | Lighting Control, Smart Home, Technology
When presenting and discussing smart homes, I often talk about pseudo-smart homes – smart homes that are not actually smart. Most ‘smart homes’ are really electronic homes or connected homes. Most homes have multiple standalone electronic systems (e.g. lighting...
Aug 9, 2017 | Lighting, Lighting Control, Music, Smart Home, Technology, Television
In this series of articles, I discuss and review how rooms and areas of a home can benefit from currently available technologies that are key elements of a smart home. Your sanctuary It is well known that bathrooms and ensuites are one of the most renovated...
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