Around The Home
From home assistants like Amazon Echo to advances in heating and cooling systems to robotic vacuum cleaners and voice-controlled lawn mowers, here's where you can stay abreast of the latest home automation news and developments.
October 13, 2019
After flagging the feature earlier in the year, Amazon has now introduced multi-lingual functionality for its Alexa voice assistant.
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Although there already are "smart" powered curtains, the things can be complex to install, and need to be plugged into a power outlet. The SwitchBot Curtain, on the other hand, is a battery-powered device that simply gets added to existing curtains. -
The Belgian-designed Adiva One is designed to help users sleep by rocking their bed.
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Tile trackers have been keeping tabs on people's stuff for years, and the upgraded 2019 range just got unveiled, including the smallest Tile yet.
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First came the smart speakers, then came the smart speakers with displays – and the Lenovo Smart Clock is one of the most compact smart displays yet.
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Pino is a simple kitchen appliance designed to enable electricity-free, human-powered kitchen tasks, such as whisking, beating, mixing and grinding.
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The Window Wizard robot is designed to autonomously move across the glass while cleaning it.
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The UK's Matthew Perks has been running a YouTube channel for about five years, where he walks viewers through the ins and outs of making their own gadgets. For his latest project, he's rescued some broken televisions and computer monitors and turned them into artificial daylight panel lighting.
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Most home security cameras are either mounted to a wall or sat on shelves, which can rather spoil the living room aesthetic. Panasonic's latest addition to its HomeHawk range is designed to fit in with the decor by integrating a security camera into an ambient floor lamp.
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PicoBrew has continued to build out its lineup of brewing machines, with the newly launched Pico MultiBrew the latest to join the family. The device makes brewing up a cup of Joe its priority, but will apparently be perfectly capable of serving up beer, tea, kombucha and other beverages, too.
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VAND is a dual water purification system with a subtractive module that filters pollutants from water, removing harmful minerals, chemicals, bacteria and viruses, while an additive module inserts the good things that bodies need like essential vitamins and minerals.
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You may think that the humble coffee table is something that couldn't be subjected to a high-tech makeover, but … yeah, you'd be wrong. The currently-crowdfunding Coosno is equipped with a mini fridge, voice control, Google Home and more.
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If you're a fan of Ethiopian cuisine, then you'll be familiar with injera – it's a large, round flatbread that everyone pulls pieces off of to scoop up the food. Making full-size injera can be challenging in a normal kitchen, which is why the Rose grill was invented.
