[Photo: Courtesy Samantha Fisher] Imagine a house where your appliances run themselves, where lights adjust without you having to get up, and where your snail-mailbox would send you a message when you ...

“BBQs can also be stressful, however. Anyone who has ever tried to host one will know the challenges of managing multiple meats at once, trying to avoid any overcooking (or undercooking) disasters, ...

If you are planning on building any Arduino home automation projects you might be interested to know that the official Arduino team have announced that the Arduino Cloud now supports Google Home. The ...

Home automation is huge right now in consumer electronics, but despite the wide availability of products on the market, hackers and makers are still spinning up their own solutions. It could be ...

Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with his wife and two young boys makes finding ways to stay online tricky — not to mention making my homestead smarter.

Bed sensors do sort of sound like a gimmick — after all, who cares whether someone is occupying the bed? But if you think about it, that information is quite useful from a home automation standpoint.

In the ever-evolving world of home technology, automation and entertainment systems have taken center stage, particularly for high-end homeowners looking to enhance their living spaces with the latest ...