When I walk in to my house, I want to say “yoohoo, home again” and have my house come to life. Lights, the furnace changes settings, the door locks behind me, etc. How can I set this up with my Amazon Alexa and all my smart home devices?
When I walk in to my house, I want to say “yoohoo, home again” and have my house come to life. Lights, the furnace changes settings, the door locks behind me, etc. How can I set this up with my Amazon Alexa and all my smart home devices?
Now that I have some devices set up with Apple HomeKit, I’d like to be able to set up some basic rules, like making sure my front door is locked and garage door is closed at 11pm. How do you set up automation rules in HomeKit?
In which I extend the functionality of my terrific Schlage touchscreen deadbolt by hooking it up with a Nexia Home Bridge to further move towards a smart home and find out that the pricing structure from Nexia and The Z-Wave Alliance is a significant obstacle for widespread adoption of these sort of devices:
I have a Belkin WeMo Insight switch through which I’ve hooked up my computer. Now I want to see how much electricity the device uses on a day by day basis. Does the WeMo app show me this information?
The Belkin WeMo Insight Switch is a wifi-enabled power outlet that turns any appliance into a smart device. And it’s surprisingly useful and interesting!
Smart homes are built atop of what’s become known as a “Smart Grid”. Governments and utilities are spending a lot of cash on upgrading our power grids to make them smart. Now, how do I leverage this to be greener, save significant amounts of money, and perhaps have a little fun along the way?