Tag: Home Appliances
How Technology Is Shaping And Changing The Future Of Home Designs
Technology has developed greatly in the last decade. Although some from the older generations might think there are some downsides to this expansion, most people can agree that technology has improved many aspects of our lives. Communication, for one, is a great example of this. Without the appropriate technology in place, we would not be…
5 Home Appliance Safety Tips
Every room in the modern home is defined by the appliances installed in them. While these appliances are essential as they make life easier, they pose some risks that you have to mitigate. Failure to do this puts you and your loved ones in great danger besides facing the likelihood of great losses. To protect…
Smart home security to grow 40%, hit $21.2B in revenue by 2023
Smart homes with security features provide their owners with peace of mind, knowing that if potential trouble is detected, they will immediately be notified and can take complete control in order to minimise damage. And while Covid-19 did influence the global smart home security market, revenues of the entire sector continued growing substantially. According to…
Make Your Smart Home Hack Proof with these Cybersecurity Tips
Yes, like all other devices around you, your Smart Home devices can be hacked too. You must be thinking how that is even possible. Well, hackers have their way of finding their way around something. And nothing better than a Smart Home device that can allow a hacker to enter your home and quietly collect…
How to save money on kitchen energy bills
British families have been dusting down old bread makers, sandwich toasters and food processors as they spend 14 hours extra a week in the kitchen during the Covid-19 pandemic. A study of 2,000 families found 58 per cent are finding new ways of being inventive in the kitchen, by turning to the likes of ice…
Smart thermostat tops smarthome gadget list, survey shows
A smart thermostat, available from companies such as Google and Nest, tops the list of smart home products that Brits expect to own this year, according to a survey from house buying company Sellhousefast.uk It surveyed 1,462 UK households to discover the smart home products they intend to own in 2020 and found that thermostat…
Dyson launches ‘intelligent’ cord-free vacuum cleaner that can detect floor type
Dyson has introduced a new cord-free vacuum cleaner that it claims can intelligently detect surface types to regulate performance and power, as part of a trio of new products aimed at improving wellbeing. The line-up is the first to be announced since Brexit-backing owner Sir James Dyson announced plans to relocate his company’s head office…
Are security concerns and high costs to blame for slow smart home take up?
While a new survey suggests disappointing growth, a new generation is set to embrace the benefits of the hi-tech home. Chris Price reports Despite an increased awareness of what a smart home actually is, uptake for smart home technology still remains surprisingly low. At least that’s one of the key findings of a national survey…
Dyson's Top 10 Best Inventions: Bagless, 'Ballbarrow', boats and more!
James Dyson is a British engineering legend. A graduate of two of the UK's most prestigious design schools (Byam Shaw School of Art – now part of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design – and The Royal College…
AlertMe home intruder alarm – is this home security for the internet generation?
Seeing as I work from home, I don’t have an awful lot of use for home security gadgets. However, it struck me, during a recent power cut (when nearly every house in the local vicinity decided to chime their annoyance at the lack of electricity throughout the remainder of the afternoon) that standard burglar alarms are pretty much useless.