If you think smart home, you might not imagine a temperature sensor, but there's a lot you can achieve with one of those and ...

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

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 ...

IKEA has announced that it is launching 21 new smart home devices that aim to be simpler and more affordable than ...

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

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 than ...

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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 ...

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 quality.

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