Local Area Networks (LANs) for the home have pretty much become a requisite for modern living. Typically, we know little about how they work and what they are actually doing. And as we attach more and more devices to them we know less and less. Pundits tell us that our LAN is going to be the backbone of all the many, many new Web-enabled devices that will come into our homes in the next few years.… Now read on…
Last year Tested Technology reviewed the low cost and very adaptable Blink wireless security camera system. Favourably, overall. The two cameras we set up around the house were there, however, for no longer than the review period. The family objected to being under constant surveillance and the system had to be dismantled. It was no good explaining to them that the Blink system allows the cameras to be scheduled only to switch on at certain… Now read on…
Home security camera system? Not for me. Yes, there’s been the odd break-in on our street, but who wants to add a whole new wiring system throughout the house, with ugly cameras ruining the decor, to say nothing of the cost. And don’t you have to pay some sort of annual subscription? Actually, no, you don’t. You can completely forget about the wires too. And those ugly security cameras have shrunk to discreet white boxes… Now read on…
