I bought SmartThings some time ago. It was my first venture into the home automation market and the kit seemed like a good purchase. I got the Hub, to make it all work, some presence sensors for attaching to things that move in and out of the house, a water sensor, a door sensor, power
Recently I noticed a problem with my PlayStation 4. When watching a Blu-ray with one of the new audio formats (DTS-HD Master Audio or Dolby TrueHD) it would only play in stereo. Play a game, stream something, or watch a DVD or Blu-ray with an audio track of Dolby Digital or DTS and they played
SmartThings arrived on the marketplace and was quickly backed by Samsung who proclaimed their idea of all things connected, and I mean really connected, not just a company selling their own connected items which didn’t talk to anyone else’s connected items. Suddenly SmartThings looked to be a really strong and viable choice to connect your
The Internet of Things doesn’t work. That’s it right there. I would say that’s all I have to say on the topic but that would be lying, and those that read my blog would know that. So let me elaborate. The Internet of Things doesn’t work because companies don’t want it to. They haven’t looked
I’ve now had my Vivosmart HR – that’s the new Garmin Vivosmart device, a wrist band that measures heart rate, delivers notifications from your phone, and more – for some seven days. While it does more than the previous Vivosmart, which I had for some time and found practical, easy and extremely useful, it isn’t