Smart Home Tech
If you are planning to switch to electric vehicles, you might have noticed that how you refuel an internal combustion engine is different from that of electric vehicles. For the former, you drive to a fuel station and pump fuel into the tank. For the latter, you need to connect to the grid through a […]
One of the challenges of using an electric vehicle is the time taken to charge the battery. For drivers switching from petrol or diesel cars, one of the first differences they would notice is the time taken to ‘refuel’; instead of the few minutes spent at the pumps in a fuel station, the electric vehicle […]
📢 Editor’s Update (May 2026): This guide was written back in 2021, and while the strategy behind building a $100 smart home still holds up, specific products and prices have shifted quite a bit. Some of the devices mentioned may be discontinued or have newer versions available. We recommend using this post as a framework […]
📢 Editor’s Update (May 2026): Important news — Microsoft officially ended support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. That means no more security patches or updates for Windows 10 devices. Every tip in this guide still works and can help speed things up in the short term, but if you have not made the […]
Smart lighting can be really useful. It allows you to control your lights directly from your home and automate those with the purpose that your lights turn on and off naturally. However, there’s a flaw with those frameworks – on the off chance that you, or somebody you live with, turn off the lights at […]
