When the Power Goes Out: How Smart Homes Handle Blackouts Tutorials A practical guide to preparing your smart home for power outages, from UPS battery backups and hub resilience to whole-home battery systems and post-outage recovery. November 1, 2024
Building a Smart Home Theater: Lights, Sound, and Automation Tutorials A truly smart home theater ties together lighting, audio, video, and window treatments into seamless scenes you can trigger with a single tap or voice command. August 15, 2024
Building a Smart Dorm Room on a $200 Budget Tutorials Heading to college? Here is how to build a genuinely useful smart dorm room for under $200, no wiring or landlord permission required. August 9, 2024
Smart Home Energy Monitoring: Track Every Watt in Your House Tutorials Whole-home energy monitors and smart plugs let you see exactly where your electricity is going, and the insights can cut your power bill by 10-15% once you know what to target. July 30, 2024
Smart Irrigation: How to Automate Your Garden Watering This Summer Tutorials A smart sprinkler controller can save you thousands of gallons of water per year by automatically adjusting to weather conditions, and setup is easier than you might think. June 13, 2024
Mesh WiFi and Smart Homes: Getting Your Network Right Tutorials A reliable network is the backbone of every smart home. Here is how to set up mesh WiFi properly for dozens of connected devices. May 10, 2024
