M y adventures of building a smart home on a shoestring budget are taking an interesting turn. It turns out that I don’t need ...

Ikea’s new 21-product series of bulbs, sensors, and remotes is dirt cheap, idiot-proof, Matter-ready, and designed to work ...

This $29 smart mailbox sensor saves you the dread and hassle of pointless trips to your mailbox by letting you know the ...

There are more smart home devices today than ever before, all aimed at making our lives easier through automation. While many of these devices require a hub of some sort, there are some that are hub ...

Finding the best HomeKit motion sensor grants some new abilities to Apple's Home app, and with Thread technology, this will "Matter" even more going forward. Motion sensors can be used for more ...

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The best choices right now are the Kidde/Ring collaboration detectors ($75) that work with the Ring app for free, and the ...

Smart homes of the future will automatically adapt to their surroundings using an array of sensors to record everything from the building’s temperature and humidity to the light level and air ...

Researchers at the Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems have developed a means of creating a wood-based triboelectric self-powered smart home sensor. Basically, it can harness the energy ...

Editors' note, May 7, 2015: The co-founder of Notion, Brett Jurgens, responded to some of the setup questions I had. I've updated the piece accordingly. Between detecting leaks, watching the front ...