January is already flying by, and if your good intentions are still intact, you may be itching to continue improving your smart home. If you have some free time this weekend, here are three Home ...

While it's true that Home Assistant runs on a Raspberry Pi, once you start adding integrations, the SBC soon gets outmatched.

Many of us hacker types with some hardware knowledge and a smattering of embedded experience would like to get into home automation, but there can be quite a learning curve. If you’re looking for a ...

Have you ever imagined a home that anticipates your every need—lights that adjust to your mood, a thermostat that syncs with the weather, or security systems that work seamlessly in the background?

The Raspberry Pi might sound like dessert, but it's actually a credit card–sized computer changing the world of DIY tech. First launched in 2012 by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, it was designed to make ...

Not sure if this is the right forum, but wanted to share the extremely satisfying tale of how I made a dumb heater/AC unit into everything I wished it could be. I'll share some links to resources in ...

Are cloud-based voice assistants doomed? That seems like an overly dramatic question to ask if you look at the current state of millions of users of Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, and Apple’s Siri, ...

Buy enough tech and you can’t escape the siren call of a smart home. Amazon practically throws Echo Dots at you. Google will sneak a Nest Mini in the box with almost anything you buy in its store.