Category: Tutorials

  • DIY Wireless Doorbell

    DIY Wireless Doorbell

    Can’t find the right smart doorbell for your home? Don’t worry! We’ve prepared a special tutorial on different DIY Wireless doorbell options in the latest part of our smart home guide. Let’s get started.

  • DIY Z-Wave Garage Door Controller

    DIY Z-Wave Garage Door Controller

    Want to make your garage door opener a bit smarter? This week in our Smart Home Guide we’ve decided to share with you a few DIY Z-Wave garage door controller solutions, to help you out with your home automation task.

  • DIY Z-Wave Automatic Blinds

    DIY Z-Wave Automatic Blinds

    With the help of Z-Wave Automatic Blinds technology, you’ll be able to make your home even smarter. The best part is you’ll be able to achieve that on a budget! Can you imagine waking up and sun rays gently touching your face? In some Sci-Fi movies, you will find people not having to push buttons…

  • DIY Amazon Alexa Smart Toaster

    DIY Amazon Alexa Smart Toaster

    Ever wanted to make your toaster smarter? While the Griffin Smart Toaster still isn’t widely available on the market, there are various DIY solutions that help you turn your current toaster into an automated device. Let’s check out just how you can do so.

  • How to Turn Your Hi-Fi Stereo System into a Smart Home Wonder  

    How to Turn Your Hi-Fi Stereo System into a Smart Home Wonder  

    Want to have a top-of-the-life Smart Hi-Fi System? We’re here to help you turn your Hi-Fi Stereo System into a Smart Home Wonder.

  • How to control your Ceiling Fan with Z-Wave

    How to control your Ceiling Fan with Z-Wave

    Ceiling fans are very popular in the United States and have a long history of existence. The first models appeared in the 1860s and were not yet powered by electricity but rather by a stream of running water. Nowadays almost every U.S. based household has at least one ceiling fan at home.

  • The Smart Home Guide: How to Work With the Smart Home IFTTT Platform

    The Smart Home Guide: How to Work With the Smart Home IFTTT Platform

    Are you ready to make your home a bit more automated? Make sure to check out this week’s smart home guide, where we tackle the smart home IFTTT platform and how to use it.

  • Cheap Smart Home Tech and Where to Start on a Budget

    Cheap Smart Home Tech and Where to Start on a Budget

    When people think of smart home tech, they usually imagine an expensive luxurious home with equipment and appliances worth in the thousands. However, this is not always the case. Here are a few tips on how to get started with a smart home on a budget with this smart home guide on cheap smart home…

  • Easy Home Automation Solutions to Increase Your Productivity

    Easy Home Automation Solutions to Increase Your Productivity

    Ever since the dawn of man, humans have been trying to make their lives easier. Even the wheel, the first machines, and the first computers had the purpose of completing mundane tasks and increasing our productivity. This idea is also one of the driving factors behind the recent trend of Home Automation solutions. Some might…

  • 5 Favorite Home Automation Hacks with IFTTT

    5 Favorite Home Automation Hacks with IFTTT

    For those of you unfamiliar with IFTTT, it’s a program/website/app that allows you to connect different systems and create rules, or as they call them, “recipes”. IFTTT becomes especially awesome when you connect all of your smart home devices. Instead of waiting for your favorite brand to launch a version 2 or an update, you…

  • How to use your iPhone as a Wireless Light Switch

    How to use your iPhone as a Wireless Light Switch

    You can easily turn your iPhone into a wireless light switch with the right technology. Please keep in mind that you will always need corresponding hardware to turn your iPhone into a home automation command & control center. Below we have listed the top convenient solutions to control your lighting in your house wirelessly.