Smart Home

Dean Anthony Gratton

The Smart Home: A “Matter” of Simplicity

The smart home, as a concept, has endured a rollercoaster ride for over half-a-century – yes, smart home technology has been touted as...

Dean Anthony Gratton

The AI Bias

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Smart Meters: Do they think we’re green?

In last month’s column, “Smart meters: the bigger picture,” I shared some bad news surrounding the national rollout of smart meters,...

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A smarter way of looking at energy consumption

The UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change is in the throes of rolling out a smart metering initiative, where all domestic and...

Dean Anthony Gratton

Digitally responsible or digitally intoxicated?

The technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) industries cover a broad range of digital sins, which touch upon most, if not all,...

Dean Anthony Gratton

What’s in your smart home this Christmas?

In the UK, we have now seemingly adopted the US’s Black Friday following their Thanksgiving holiday, as well as their Cyber Monday retail...

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Beam me up Alexa: Delivering the Smart Home

I covered a story back in July, “The Smart home: Is this is as good as it gets?” and pondered the state of play with regards to smart...

Dean Anthony Gratton

The Smart Home: Is this is as good as it gets?

The smart or connected home is a notion that has been bouncing around in our noggins since the 1960s according to a former, yet more...

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ZigBee and the Smart Metering phenomenon

It certainly hasn’t been an easy ride for ZigBee! Its journey has, in fact, been a pretty bumpy one full of the usual potholes and...

Dean Anthony Gratton

50 Shades of Smart!

The ‘Smart home,’ ‘home automation’ or ‘Domotics’ are all comparable notions that have been conjured up in the minds of many. Ultimately,...

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