New Video – DIY Smart LED Light Strips: How I Built My Own (Low Cost) ZigBee Lightstrips
After working out that using Philips Hue’s Lightstrips for my kitchen would cost £170+, I set out to build my own smart light strips that cost me less than £40….
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The Difference Between Philips Hue White & White Ambiance
I’ll openly admit that when I first started looking into smart lighting, I got confused by all the different terms. Should I buy WiFi or ZigBee bulbs? Do I want…
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New Video – ZigBee (& WiFi) Smart Light Strip Options – When Philips Hue Is Just Too Expensive!
If you’re looking to add smart light strips to your home but you find that Philips Hue’s Lightstrip Plus options are too expensive, what options are open to you? This…
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Effective Smart Lighting For The Home Office
Home working has never been more popular. Whilst just 8% of the global workforce worked from home in 2019 (around 260 million people), the 2020 global pandemic has seen the…
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New Video – Kitchen Smart Lighting: Ideas, Considerations & What I’m Planning To Do
This video explores adding smart lighting within your kitchen, looking generally at what you need to consider and different ideas based on other people’s kitchen smart lighting projects. I also…
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LIFX Bulb Behavior After A Power Outage (Will This Change?)
After much soothing, your baby is finally asleep. You tuck them in for the night, dim (or turn off) your LIFX smart lights and slowly close the door, inching away…
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New Video – Echo Show Light Control: Kinda Useful, But Key Features Missing
The touchscreen on the Echo Show allows you to control your smart light bulbs from the “Smart Home” menu, which is fairly useful if you want to quickly control your…
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The Ultimate ZigBee Smart Light Strip Roundup
Smart light strips are an awesome invention – they can instantly add interesting yet subtle lighting to various areas around your house, and their color can be quickly changed or…
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Can LIFX Bulbs Sync With Music and TV?
One of the nice features of smart bulbs is that not only can then change color (and be dimmed), but since they’re a digital product, they can be programmed to…
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Smart Lighting For A Kitchen: A Practical Guide
When I first moved into my house, it was fairly dark due to it just having two simple, A19 bulbs at either end of the kitchen-diner room. Whilst I have…
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