While most of us have heard about Satellite Radio for Automobiles, providers of satellite radio are producing products and services to move satellite radio from automobile use to home use. In the...

Thanks to Rave and Remix we are pointed to a new music streaming site: Deezer.com. Deezer.com is a French site much like Pandora on steroids. Different to pandora, Deezer is able to serve music to...

Due to the need to be less dependent on coal fired energy, the Australian Federal Government is offering a cash rebate for solar power installations. There are three configurations of installation...

One of the most impressive features of an automated home can be motorized window treatments. You can turn a over-bright room into an easy-on-the-eyes environment within seconds of flipping a switch....

So you thought you owned just about the lot of extreme cool audio tools? Well, what about this uber cool cd player, or should we call it by its real name a "DMP Player" - that is, a CD...

Wired Magazine features the Micro Compact Home, or in short the "m-ch". According to the Magazine, the m-ch is the BMW or micro-homes. The home is run from a central control, automating the...

wired magazine reports on the latest craze driving new parents in the article "Tots Getting Internet Identity at Birth". Yes, what they are doing is picking baby's new name and then...

A format war is being waged by competing interests in what format your next DVD player is going to use. While the two formats have similar goals and aspirations, if history tells us anything one of...

Australia's Sydney Morning Herald reports that home theaters are stealing cinema audiences. The article "The body snatchers" reports that many Australian's are staying at home and...

Most of us going into a home automation project have some idea of what it is that we want. However, there is often a big gap between what we want and what can be delivered. There are always new......

What do we provide kids in their bedrooms? Computer, television, games machines? Whatever we do we need to think through what we provide. There are several things of which we must be aware to ensure...

There seems to be some degree of interchangeability in using words like "smart home" and "green home". Take for example a news item that surfaced this week, "Builder pledges...

Recently I had to work out a solution for my brother-in-law's large home. There are three levels, 15 rooms and a granny apartment all as part of the home. What we needed was to put an intercom...

This page always amuses me to see what was predicted in 1964. Here is a girl pictured as doing her homework in the super connected home. "The Answer Machine" it was called then, and as shown...

"Smart Homes for Dummies" has been around since 2000. A new edition was released without fanfare in July of this year, 2007. From a quick flick through and comparing it with the 2nd Edition...

The ultimate hostess appliance for when you wish to serve drinks in the pool. Don't call your guests out of the water, float drinks to each of your guests using the "Remote Control Pool...

OK, so you are planning to install a home theater? Maybe not now but soon? Or maybe you have installed a home theater and not quite happy with how it is all working? There is an article you must...

Hi and welcome to my new blog. My name is Elwyn Jenkins and I have taken over from the previous blogger. Because I live in a "Do-It-Yourself" wired home I face all the challenges and rewards...