Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The long-promised Thread sensor is finally here, but while there are some improvements, Matter’s shortcomings ...

What a bright idea.

My progress toward a truly “smart” home has been painfully slow. I’m sick of unreliable voice commands, flaky smart switches, and poorly designed apps. Where’s the seamless experience that was ...

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The Nintendo Switch comes with an innovative new Joy-Con controller that has multiple functions, such as detecting objects with a camera and hand gestures. The Joy-Con controllers can be attached ...

Smart home automation room tracking is frustrating. Let's say you place a Zigbee motion sensor in your home office, but because you're sitting quietly working at your PC, reading a long thread, or ...

Your garden variety motion detector uses IR, but these days, there are fancier technologies for achieving similar goals. If so desired, you can source yourself a microwave-based presence sensor ...

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HONG KONG, April 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- XMCOSY+, a XINMEI COSY HOME CO. product and pioneer in smart outdoor lighting, today announced (in the US) its Smart Solar Security Lights with Motion ...

Auro is a small, fast, and nearly invisible motion sensor from Basalte designed by Klaas Arnout and Sandra Maes. When mounted on the ceiling, its flat design allows it to seamlessly blend into the ...