This smart home breakthrough lets you control appliances without Wi-Fi (and its security risks)

Devices equipped with Emerson's SmartVoice don't require Wi-Fi or a hub; instead, they utilize on-device voice control.

Flic Duo review: Smart home control with a ‘flic’ of your wrist

Now you can control your smart home devices with gestures in addition to button presses. The Flic Duo delivers twice the ...

No Matter? No problem! Imagine one smart home app to control all your devices

Unveiled at CES, the new Copilot Star platform is designed to take smart device interoperability to the next level.
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Easy Home Automations That Are Useful, Not Annoying: My Step-by-Step Guide

Sometimes the simplest way to understand the cause-and-effect nature of automation is to start with the effect. Scenes are ...
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I built a firewall that blocks my IoT devices from phoning home

An off-duty U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot Porter on New Year’s Eve. Los Angeles civil ...
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Building An Escape Room Lockbox With The ESP32 Cheap Yellow Display (CYD)

Escape Room Lockbox with the Cheap Yellow Display. You may have heard of the “cheap yellow display” (CYD), so-called ...
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9 Home Products I'm Officially Adopting After Last Year's Reviews

Even after my tests were done, I decided to upgrade certain smart home devices to full-time help. Here's what won out. For more than 10 years Tyler has used his experience in smart home tech to craft ...