Creating a Video Conference with the Barco ClickShare CX-50 Reviews

Creating a Video Conference with the Barco ClickShare CX-50

Barco recently sent me their latest ClickShare CX-50 wireless presentation system to check out. The new device boasts myriad connectivity features, including Barco’s new “Bring Your Own Meeting” capabilities supporting a wide variety of speaker phones and video cameras. While COVID-19 has been horrible in a lot of ways, it’s...
How to Use Amazon Alexa for Whole-House Audio System Control Reviews

How to Use Amazon Alexa for Whole-House Audio System Control

According to eMarketer, Amazon is expected to maintain a dominant 70-percent market share of the U.S. smart speaker market into 2021. It is no wonder that most smart home manufacturers have integrated Alexa voice commands into their platforms. In addition, there has been a trend toward a voice-first approach for smart home control....
How Amazon Halo is Nudging Me Toward a Healthier Lifestyle Reviews

How Amazon Halo is Nudging Me Toward a Healthier Lifestyle

Amazon announced near the end of last year that they were creating a wearable device, called Halo, that would be dedicated to health, with no watch face and no text messaging. My interest was piqued, so in November I applied and received early access to the product. The band works with a companion app, aptly named Halo. The app breaks...
Testing the Alarm.com Car Connector in Actual Field Conditions Reviews

Testing the Alarm.com Car Connector in Actual Field Conditions

Alarm.com sent me their new Car Connector to test out in the Clifford family SUV. The sleek little box promises to monitor vehicle health, driving patterns and act as an easy locator in any “dude, where’s my car?” situations. I don’t have teenagers yet but would imagine a product like this would be a godsend for concerned...
Allterco Robotics Adds Shelly Motion Detector to Smart Home Line Reviews

Allterco Robotics Adds Shelly Motion Detector to Smart Home Line

Allterco Robotics has added a new IoT motion sensor, the Shelly Motion, to its Shelly product line that I believe many people will find useful in their smart home designs. I recently wrote about the line of Shelly IoT relays. Shelly smart home products are manufactured by Allterco Robotics, one of seven companies that make up the...
Aeotec Z-Wave Sensors Expand a Smart Home’s Understanding of the Real World Reviews

Aeotec Z-Wave Sensors Expand a Smart Home’s Understanding of the Real World

Aeotec Z-Wave Sensors are the first Z-Wave devices to be certified and released using 700 series  technology. The 700 Series update provides better security, a more powerful CPU for faster automation, improved range, 64-percent less power consumption for battery life of up to 10 years. Aeotec makes a wide range of Z-Wave sensors and...
Putting DMF DID2 Series Downlights to the Test in My Own Home Reviews

Putting DMF DID2 Series Downlights to the Test in My Own Home

DMF announced its new integrator-focused DID Series lighting a few months ago, and I was itching to try them out in my own home to see if they’d live up to the hype. Thanks to DMF’s Lani Godfrey, I soon had 15 shiny new modules ready to install in our kitchen ceiling. Unboxing DMF The DMF product feels solid and extremely well...
How to Integrate the Garage into a Smart Home Reviews

How to Integrate the Garage into a Smart Home

A garage can easily become the forgotten stepchild of a smart home. After all, homeowners typically spend very little time there. There are, however, a number of different ways to make an overhead garage door smart. Let’s explore the differences between a smart overhead garage door and a dumb one. A garage, of course, is just a...
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