Standard cable lengths rarely match the actual requirements for wall runs. You end up with bunched-up excess cable creating ugly tangles behind your equipment. Making my own meant I could measure each ...

Discover how Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) transformed one homeowner's smart home experience, simplifying device installation and expanding possibilities. Learn from their journey and one crucial mistake ...

The smart home is, despite the name, usually pretty stupid. For all the talk of ecosystems and cross-platform standards, all too often home automation simply turns our phones into fancy remotes, ...

Parks Associates projects that U.S. smart home sales will reach $15 billion by 2029, with its latest quarterly survey of 8,000 internet households pointing to growing reliance on professional ...