Recent DIY trends show makers increasingly turning to ESP32 microcontrollers and Arduino platforms for smart home projects, replacing costlier or overpowered setups like Raspberry Pi in many cases.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Since it would be challenging to find all the different types of sensors in one place, we decided to put together a list of some of the best ...

While the sci-fi dream of a butler robot that does household chores for you is not yet a reality, there are many household tasks that you can actually automate with smart devices. Smart homes are not ...

Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with his wife and two young boys makes finding ways to stay online tricky — not to mention making my homestead smarter.

I’m a smart home nerd. That’s a given after running a smart home-focused website for nearly a decade and testing pretty much every platform, system and setup available. As such, people often ask me ...

These home products proved such a good fit, I adopted them for the long term. Here's why they were special. Tyler Lacoma Editor / Home Security and Smart Home Tyler has worked on, lived with and ...