I spent 10 years with a basic smart home that was more connected than smart. This is why I recently made the leap to Home Assistant.

Roboreactor is a web-based platform enabling engineers to build robotic and automation systems based on Raspberry Pi, NVIDIA ...

Copyright © 2019-2025 Erik Baauw. All rights reserved. This Homebridge plugin exposes to HomeKit Raspberry Pi computers and devices connected to the Pi's GPIO-pins ...

I n recent years, integrating smart home devices into your living space has never been simpler. They have become easier to set up with user-friendly apps and step-by-step guides, ...

A Reddit user has shared a DIY project using the Raspberry Pi Pico 2W to create a Secure Delivery Box System ... or even extra security measures such as motion sensors or cameras for enhanced ...

Samsung TVs, speakers, fridges, and AC units will become motion sensors for your SmartThings smart home. Samsung TVs, speakers, fridges, and AC units will become motion sensors for your ...

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Philips Hue and other smart bulbs based on the Zigbee standard could soon act as motion sensors without the need for any additional hardware. This would mean they could automatically switch on ...

But you need to buy additional hardware like motion sensors to make this “magic” happen. A new ambient sensing technology called Sensify could make this easier by turning your light bulbs into ...

A smart home is a convenient home. When you have smart devices handling things around the house and automating tasks for you, you barely have to do anything yourself. Your smart coffee maker can ...

A demo of Ambient Sensing for Zigbee lights shows how smart lights could soon be used as motion sensors with just a firmware update and no additional hardware. Philips Hue products may soon ...

We don’t yet know whether Hue is looking at Ambient Sensing specifically, but as Hueblog points out, there’s long been chatter that Hue is interested in turning its lights into motion sensors.