Underfloor heating is a wonderfully luxurious touch for a bedroom and en-suite bathroom, and [Andy] had it fitted so that he could experience the joy of walking on a toasty-warm floor in the morning.

First, take a look inside the device: In principle, the Sonoff Basic is a single-relay unit to be used as retrofit, based on the ESP8266 chip, a very popular and inexpensive Wi-Fi solution. However, ...

Generally speaking, home automation isn’t as cheap or as easy as most people would like. There are too many incompatible protocols, and more often than not, getting everything talking requires you to ...

This little device is a switch that connects to the internet and can be controlled using your phone from anywhere in the world. It’s just US$19 and is relatively easy to set up. In this video we check ...