The Smart Home

One of the biggest trends coming out this year for all you travel addicts out there? Smart home tech . And while these automated appliances and home fixtures may seem far from the realm of travel, we’ve found that they’re surprisingly not—especially if you’re interested in turning your home into a vacation rental. If there’s only one “smart” home tool that you invest in before creating your AirBnB host profile, make it Yves Behar’s beautifully designed smart lock,  August . Here’s how it works. The August lock system attaches to nearly any kind of existing lock structure. Once installed, use August’s companion app to give “keys” to anyone you’d like—they simply need to download the app, enable Bluetooth, and have their phone within a few feet of your door to be let in. One of our favourite features? The lock is only visible from inside your apartment, keeping the exterior keyhole intact. That means nobody needs to know you’re running a high-tech home, and you st...

Mark Zuckerberg hates Nickelback- but only his Smart Home knows! Lately we from Smart Home Weekly were talking about Bill Gates Smart Home and we became a little bit jealous. As we like to dream we decided to have a look into the home of the next Billionaire! When Mark Zuckerberg tells Jarvis – his artificial intelligence Smart Home device to play some music it will most likely play the Red Hot Chili Peppers. When someone in Marks house would ever have the idea of requesting Nickelback, Jarvis would answer the following: “I’m sorry, Mark, I’m afraid I can’t do that. There are no good Nickelback songs.” When Mr. Facebook then wants to leave the house he wouldn’t do so without the opinion of his personal dresser. Of course this is also Jarvis! At the same time this intelligent device already arranged Marks breakfast, lunch or dinner because she know what her “client” wants. Maybe this is why Mark is not using Alexa: #SmartHome #MarkZuckerberg #sma...