Recently, wireless home-control products like light switches, thermostats, blinds/drapes, appliance controls, energy management, etc., have reached the market. To have a true mass-market for these ...

Ashlyn is one of Forbes Home's in-house writers and a former civil engineer-turned content writer with over six years experience. Until recently, Ashlyn focused on creating content for Forbes Home as ...

Fremont, Calif. — Zensys has developed a third-generation Z-Wave chip that will deliver wireless home-control networks powered strictly by batteries. Such networks could include battery-powered smoke ...

The Z-Wave Alliance, Milpitas, Calif., recently announced that Z-Wave, the standard in wireless home control, will now interface with Control4, Salt Lake City. This development marks a huge milestone ...

Security systems have long been an important residential technology, and home control has remained relatively popular since the 1980s. This article, the last of 12 parts, covers the basics of home ...

My home city of San Francisco is a fairly safe place to live, but a few break-ins in my neighborhood had me contemplating some sort of home security system. After I heard friends talk about how ...