smarthome

  1. CEDIA 2025: AI‑Driven Smart Homes, Windows 10 EOL, and Photo Editing AI

    Rich’s roundup from CEDIA 2025 landed like a fast-moving tour of where the modern smart home is headed: pro-grade audio and outdoor AV, smart TVs with generative AI baked in, practical advice for Windows 10 users facing the October 14, 2025 end-of-support deadline, and a demonstration of how the...
  2. Samsung AI Home at IFA 2025: Unified Platform Across TV, Fridge & Phone

    Samsung’s pitch at IFA 2025 is no longer a string of discrete product launches — it’s the outline of a single, connected platform that stretches from the living room TV to the kitchen fridge and the phone in your pocket, and it asks consumers to treat those devices as parts of one “AI Home.”...
  3. Smart home stuff making my Windows 10 PC act weird - need help

    Hey guys, So I've been messing around with turning my old desktop into a smart home controller and honestly it's been a bit of a nightmare. Been lurking here for ages but finally decided to post because I'm pulling my hair out. What I'm dealing with: Got an older Dell Optiplex running Windows...
  4. Lync to IoT

    Today's Hardware Friday is of a kind I've not seen before. Sure, we've seen the Chat to Hardware, Hardware to Chat projects, but I don't think I've seen that uses Lync and the Unified Communications Web API. Plus I've missing blogging about .Net Gadgeteer projects... :) Exploring the Internet...