HomeTec Pro: How doors open today
In the case of cars, wireless remote controls are widely used, when it comes to house doors, on the other hand, this technology is hardly used. This can be changed: With the new Abus HomeTrec Pro system, you can open the house door at the push of a button — no more keys!
Smart heating control: Retrofitting older heaters with the PT32 WiFi
Heating costs make up a large part of the additional costs for your flat or home. The PT32 WiFi smart thermostat offers a lot of savings potential. Users can save hundreds of euros — year on year.
Edimax EW-7822ULC: Rapid WiFi via stick
Notebook on the sofa, Internet radio in the kitchen, smartphone in the kids’ room: WiFi connects devices throughout the home with the Internet. But how fast the transmission runs depends on the WiFi standard. The new standard is IEEE 802.11ac. It increases the speed in the wireless network in theory to a proud 1300 Mbps […]
Storage masters for the network: Qnap TS-451A
Whether at home or at work: Music, films, back-ups and other memory eaters ensure that internal hard drives are quickly filled to the brim. The logical consequence: You need more disk space. Instead of now equipping every PC with new, larger hard drives, the purchase of a network attached storage solution (NAS for short) is […]
Smart home wirelessly: New EnOcean products from Eltako
Imagine a wireless technology which supplies its own energy. This is exactly the case for devices according to the EnOcean standard, which is becoming more and more established for innovative sensor solutions. The sensors and actuators control lighting, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning — and completely without batteries. The secret behind this on the one hand […]
Two-pack for inside: Surveillance camera set from Edimax
The number of house and flat burglaries in Germany is alarmingly high. Video surveillance is therefore no longer just for shops and businesses. Whether it be the entrance area, patio door or interior spaces — more and more people are securing their home, land or apartment.
New infrared panels from Könighaus: Toasty as sunlight
Infrared heaters offer that something extra. They can be mounted both on the ceiling and on the wall — and in contrast to conventional heaters do not heat the air, but people, walls and objects directly. Short-wave infrared radiation, which is invisible to the human eye, is the key here. We know the principle of […]
WiFi: More range for the router thanks to new antenna
The further you are away from your router, the worse the WiFi reception. Sometimes, even if there are two walls between the router and the computer the Internet speed decreases rapidly. Also steel cabinets, PC housing and floor heating can significantly slow down the WiFi signals. The result: Videos start to pause, data transmission stalls […]
DECT repeater: More range for cordless phones
The range of cordless phones with up to 300 metres is actually quite high. However, thick walls or ceilings can cause problems. If the connection to the control centre is bad, this results in poor call quality or even in connection interruptions. A solution here is a DECT repeater, which can often even double the […]
Brother ScanNCut CM900: Plenty of material for crafty people
3D printers are one of the gadgets which craft fans especially like to experiment with. A completely different device is almost just as exciting for crafty people — cutting plotters. They are ideal for printing many materials — but in 2D not 3D. With a plotter, you can quickly and easily create your own stamps, […]
