2014 really was the year you went bonkers for heating controls. There are no less than 7 posts in our top 20 based on these technologies and our Heating Forums have been buzzing.
A special mention at number 17, for Chris Hunter’s series on his extraordinary Idratek powered smart home (look out for the third and final instalment coming early in the new year).
Large multinational corporations like Belkin continued to expand their smart home ranges this year, even with hacker friendly modules like the WeMo maker at number 11.
We all love a good ‘through the keyhole’ look around someone else’s smart home installation and at number 3 Vesternet’s Z-Wave case study proved very popular.
At number 2 is our review of the Synology 1813+, the NAS that took over storage tasks after years of PC based servers in the Automated Home. Whilst we’ve been unaffected, other Synology users have suffered severe software and security issues considering that our review (including the Synolocker ransomware attack). The public’s awareness of security has never been higher and companies are going to have to work hard to maintain their trust.
But at number one, the most read post on Automated home for 2014 was our look at Apple’s new HomeKit home automation framework. Where will it take the smart home in the year ahead and will it help with the age-old integration problem and the newer multiple-app switching palava?
Many thanks to all our devoted Automated home readers and contributors for another wonderful year. Wishing you and your families all a delighted and Automated new Year!
Mark
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