Smart home systems, or home automation systems, once were expensive luxuries (and professionally installed and custom programed systems still can be), but today many DIY home automation products are actually very practical and reasonably affordable. If you hadn’t thought much about adding smart home devices to your home, here are seven home automation ideas for […]
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Home systems integrators are awesome. They really are. They’re masters at designing and installing complex electronic systems into homes that mesh perfectly with you and your family’s schedule, routines, and lifestyle. But as with anything you purchase for your home, there’s bound to be a breaking-in period, when you learn to use the system—and possibly […]
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A home lighting automation system dims and brightens light fixtures and smart blubs to certain settings, and goes beyond simply mounting dimmers on your walls. With the best home lighting automation system you’ll be able to adjust multiple areas or rooms at the same time from one device, such as a smart phone or tablet […]
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One feature of your house that shouldn’t be overlooked when you have a smart automation system is home lighting control. A home lighting control system can be installed and programmed by a professional, or you can use a wireless DIY lighting system that you install and set up yourself. If you can’t decide between a […]
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There must be a lot of people in love with the color-changing capabilities of the Philips Hue smart LED light bulbs to cause so many companies to offer near copycat products. A new color-adjustable smart light from Revogi, the DeLight, is coming to market. Like other smart LED light bulbs recently introduced, the Revogi DeLight […]
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We’ve taken our lighting and our light bulbs for granted for decades now, but a combination of new light bulb technology with new smart lighting control systems has created more opportunities to use and appreciate lights in new ways. At new article Maximizing the Potential of Your Home’s Lights, in the January 2015 issue of […]
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One of the easiest ways to get started with a smart lighting control system, is the use smart LED bulbs, or wireless smart bulbs. Wireless smart bulbs are great DIY products that anyone can setup, take almost no technical know-how, and are fun to use. An automated lighting system based on smart wireless light bulbs […]
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Smart lighting and shade products are gifts that last for the whole year.
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While every season is a good season for smart lighting control, holiday time is an especially perfect time to install or try out new automated lighting control products. With a home automation system, you can control your home lights, string lights, wireless dimmers or smart light bulbs. Wifi-connected systems make turning lights on or dimming […]
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