In my recent trip to Singapore I visited the Apple Store on Orchard Road (Shout out to Kai from Singapore’s Apple Store!), and bought the D-Link Omna 180 camera, and old is sometimes gold. Yes, I know it launched more
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Using HomeKit feels like I’m using something that is so deep in it’s own environment, and is not a priority of Apple to develop it further. Honestly, HomeKit is not for everyone. So in my humble opinion I believe the
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I’m back from work overseas for 2 weeks, and waiting at home is the Fibaro Motion Sensor for HomeKit. It’s finally here, however here’s what I found out that is a very disappointing. Setting up the device is easy, you
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I just took delivery of my Fibaro Motion Sensor today, and was so eager to set it up and write about it. But a word of advice to you, read carefully before you buy or order it, because (but that’s
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It’s here! I just got the Philips Hue Dimmer Switch to solve the need for a physical smart switch for the Philips Hue bulbs in my bedroom lamps. As mentioned in my previous post, my family hated the idea of
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This article is a continuation of my post on making the Elgato Eve Energy power plug more interesting to use with night lights. In the past, to make his night light really fun and cool, I’ve put Lego in the
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It’s finally done. I’ll stop at 24 panels for the Koi Fish Nanoleaf Aurora lights where the maximum per setup is 30. But definitely I’m really happy with it. From my previous article, I said that I was not done
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When I got the Type G version of the Eve Energy smart plugs from Elgato, my first thoughts was to use it just to make lamps, smart. And it worked as planned. Yup, the lamp became smart. I could now control
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A big part of home automation for me is lighting for my house. The first Homekit lighting accessory that I got was the Philips Hue Starter kit with 3 Colored bulbs and the Philips Hue hub. The illustration below shows
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Nanoleaf Aurora, is a toy. You don’t really need it. You can use it as a light source, but you know it’s more of a modern art piece (or a toy) than a light source that you would need when
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