By Amber Mansfield
When you hear the words “smart home,” your mind may go in several different directions ranging from a house alarm system to Amazon Alexa or automated lighting. A smart home offers convenience and safety and is also completely customizable as it can be built around your personal preferences, needs, and budget.
By Crystal Watts
As we close the cover of this new issue, we find ourselves in the throes of history. COVID-19 crept up on us inconspicuously and has since swept the world, altering life as we know it. I’ve struggled with how to properly articulate my thoughts, as a large part of this issue of Smart Home is centered around the splendor of travel and the joy of fashioning memories from new experiences. Now that we are confined to our homes and journeying feels like a distant memory, what good is this issue now? The answer? Dreaming of what’s to come.
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"My home is my castle." This phrase from medieval England has renewed significance given recent global events. Our homes are now doing double and triple duty as schools, remote offices, entertainment centers, and more. With this in mind, there has never been a better time to make sure your home's network capabilities are up to speed.
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When integrated as part of a home automation platform, a smart security system can provide extraordinary peace of mind and help your home run like a well-oiled machine. In addition to controlling more obvious security-related devices such as electronic door locks, surveillance cameras, and motion sensors, they can also keep your home safe from environmental dangers and infrastructure-related issues with sensors that report flooding, power shortages, and extreme swings in temperature.
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While the idea of a night spent under the stars with one of your favorite TV shows is undeniably appealing, if you don’t do a bit of homework first, you may end up overspending, or worse still, creating safety hazards — and insurance liabilities — in your own backyard.
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It’s essential to stay connected in today’s world, but it’s also important to stay connected to nature. Here are three ways you can use technology to turn your backyard into an outdoor oasis.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused dramatic and sudden changes to the way we live and the way we conduct business, but we’re here to help you through these challenges. But most importantly, we want you to know that the health and safety of our customers, partners, and employees is our top concern.
By Crystal Watts
Check out some of the ways our smart home professionals are helping to keep you and other clients safe in the midst of these challenging times.
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Like other home improvements, installing smart devices in your home, and the expenses that come with them, can come with some great tax credits. So if you've installed, or are thinking of installing, smart devices in your home check out this post to make sure you really are getting the tax benifits you qualify for.
By Danielle Karr
Designer Natalia Pierce spoke on the KBIS 2020 NextStage about her passion for a healthy home and how technology and design are intersecting in the wellness conversation. We sat down with her to find out more ways designers and smart home professionals can work together to improve home wellness.
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Add value to your home WITHOUT breaking the bank! Did you know things like adding an updated thermostat, shelving, and smart devices can increase your home's value at little cost to you?
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Look like the smartest person in the room this Super Bowl Sunday thanks to these facts that you may not have known about the big game!
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Let’s go back to the year 1999. Only the birds were tweeting, and the “Cloud” usually came with a forecast of rain. And then came the panic of Y2K. Would life as we know it completely end? Would the two-digit code we once created literally end all technology?
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Take a peek back through the past decade and the technology that it brought us!
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Given that Christmas is just around the corner, there’s no time like the present to start planning your seasonal celebrations. Whether you’re hosting a family gathering in the lead up to the big day, having a few friends over for an evening of festive fun, or are preparing for Christmas day, we’ve got you covered.
By Crystal Watts
If you’re braving holiday travel this year to visit relatives, good luck to you. Seeing family and loved ones is what Christmas is all about, but the getting-there-and-back part is always a bit stressful (and sometimes headache-inducing). Imagine being stuck in the airport, or grounded by a blizzard, and worry begins to enter your mind; Did I remember to arm the house’s security system? Did I leave the garage door open?...
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How do you choose a gift for the homeowner who appears to have it all? From nearby restaurant gift cards to smart home tech, allow us to take the stress out of shopping for presents!
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Few things get my blood pumping more than launching products. Today, it’s pumping more strongly than usual as our team announces one of the most anticipated and exciting products in our company’s history: The Neeo Remote.
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The possibilities for home automation are limitless, from lighting to home theater and more. Here are 78 home automation ideas to get you started!
By Crystal Watts
As long as you plan, do your research, set a budget, and hire professionals, your renovation will be a seamless process that you may even find to be fun!
By Danielle Karr
Designers are needing to familiarize themselves with tech that, when added to their design repertoire, can bring new and amazing devices together to delight clients. A foundational smart product that will revolutionize the way clients experience their home is one many designers might not have heard of: a smart home operating system.
By Crystal Watts
A penthouse on top of one of India’s tallest towers has been transformed into a smart home and personal nightclub-in-the-clouds for one of the country’s top financial high-flyers.
By Crystal Watts
The stunning “V House” on Australia’s Sunshine Coast brings a striking new angle to high-tech luxury design.
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“Our current showroom in the Indiana Design Center is all about the demo. When we have a client in front of us, rather than starting with individual categories like audio/video or lighting, we incorporate it all into pre-programmed scenes that trigger independent technologies in the home to operate simultaneously. We start the experience at the front of the showroom by pressing the doorbell on the Control4 Door Station. When the doorbell rings, the music inside automatically pauses, then the touch screen lights up and immediately displays the camera from the door station as well as exterior lighting.”
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Malibu Wired has been behind some of the most outrageous smart home projects in the LA market, delivering dream systems day in and day out.
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