Setting the right light–there’s a fine line between an outdoor landscape that exudes elegance and sophistication while being highly functional, and one that’s uninspiring, uninviting, and tends to go sorely underutilized. This line is typically drawn by the effective implementation of landscape lighting. Illuminated in all the right places and at just the right intensity […]
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Optoma Offers Android-Operated Mobile Video Projector
Optoma IntelliGO-S1 features built-in media player, wireless connectivity, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and speakers.
Mobile video projectors are a great way to take your entertainment with you on the go. Ideal for back yard movie nights, sharing video at the campsite, or moving it to different areas in your home, portable projectors are versatile, yet sometimes they lack the features of models designed to stay put. Optoma has developed […]
New iPad Wall Mount Available From Origin Acoustics
iRoom surDock and surDock mini iPad wall mount provide on-wall, surface-mount docking for iPads
Available in the U.S. from Origin Acoustics, the European manufacturer iRoom‘s new surDock and surDock mini provide a choice of affordable, non-removable on-wall surface-mounting docking stations for iPads and iPad Minis. Permanently charging iPads, the dock products are engineered for placement in convenient locations to enable homeowners to walk up to their iPads and use them as […]
Amazon Echo Look is Changing the Way We Dress
Ask Alexa for help choosing an outfit and Amazon Echo Look will snap a photo and offer guidance.
By Kayla Matthews, Houzz Choosing what to wear for the day can be a challenge. Not only do you have to make sure your clothes are washed, dried and wrinkle-free, but you also need to determine whether the items look as good on you as they did when you purchased them. Most people use […]
EZVIZ Launches Wireless IP Camera: Video to be Streamed to Amazon Echo Show
Wire-free weatherproof design offers installation flexibility of Mini Trooper IP camera and integration with Amazon Echo offers viewing convenience.
Can’t decide where you should install IP cameras to help security your home? A new wire-free camera, the Mini Trooper from EZVIZ Inc., offers you the chance to place the camera in one spot then easily move it to another location. This can be indoors or outdoors, and in hard to reach areas that a traditional wired […]
Google Home vs. Amazon Echo Show: Which Works Best?
Do-it-yourselfer and home technology guru dishes on the best voice assistant for your smart home: Google Home or Amazon Echo.
G. Paul Hess is chief product officer for SnapAV, a leading product and service provider for professional smart-home installers. Call it a personal geek thing, or a professional endeavor – he needs to evaluate these products for possible integration with SnapAV – but Hess has a house full of DIY home-automation and networking gear, including Insteon, Ring, MyQ, […]
Top 10 Smart Home Systems of Award-Winning Homes
Sony, Savant, Control4, Lutron used most often in award-winning smart home of Electronic House Homes of the Year Contest.
Each year Electronic House chooses from dozens of entries submitted by home systems integration firms across the country the most innovative, state-of-the-art smart homes. You can find articles at electronichouse.com about some of these award-winning residences, like our Gold Before and After project and Gold Unique Space. Others winning projects will be featured on our website throughout […]
Lennox Launches Amazon Alexa-Compatible Smart Thermostat
New Amazon Alexa voice-controlled iComfort E30 smart thermostat works with any brand of HVAC system; adjusts based on the location of your smartphone.
Thermostats keep getting smarter and the new Amazon Alexa-compatible iComfort E30 from Lennox Industries bundles in myriad of intelligent features. The thermostat adjusts according to a predefined schedule, like most other smart thermostats, but what’s really innovative is its ability to adapt to your lifestyle on the fly. For starters, you can issue voice commands […]
New Patent: Smarter Amazon Alexa Voice-Controlled Light Switch
Voice-controlled light switch listens for Alexa commands from multiple built-in microphones that can determine the status of the light and the location of the user.
Amazon has filed a patent application for “voice-controlled light switches.” And no, it’s not just a smart light switch with a microphone, Wi-Fi, and Alexa inside. Instead, the patent application (#20170188437) describes a switch with multiple microphones on the faceplate and the switch itself, along with technology that allows the voice-recognition engine to respond based […]
Home of the Year: High-Tech Overhaul Breathes New Life into Smart Home
A non-working smart home system gets ripped out; replaced with state-of-the-art technologies for a complete home enjoyment.
Imagine grabbing a remote control, pressing a button, and scratching your head as nothing happens. Or having a house brimming with speakers that simply won’t play music. Just as frustrating, think about what it would be like to invest in high-def TVs but only be able watch low-res analog video. These are a few of […]
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