The Official Smarthome Blog – All Things Home Automation

Thieves are often looking for an easy target and seek out unoccupied homes or businesses. Keep burglars and vandals away at night with the effective and affordable Smarthome Dummy TV Burglar Deterrent. Despite its name, it is actually quite clever. The built-in computer chip has advanced algorithms that use the LED lights to emulate real television lighting scenarios. From the outside, the unit makes it appear as if you are inside watching your favorite television program. The unit will randomly flicker, fade, swell, flash, and create the illusion of usual television movements.

Thanks to the energy efficient, long lasting, and super-bright multi-colored LED lighting, this unit simulates the light output of a regular 27 inch television but only uses a fraction of the power. Contributing to its energy efficiency are the built-in light sensor and digital timer. The unit will only turn on when the room is dark (at 0.5 lux) and in the preset specified time interval. Because this unit is palm sized, it can be concealed and placed in the optimum location. Give criminals a reason to leave your residence or business alone with the Smarthome Dummy TV Burglar Deterrent.   Read More

Don’t get scammed! A new form of pickpocket has appeared on the scene, and you don’t even need to be physically touched to lose your valuables. Crooks now can electronically scan your credit and ATM cards, while they are still in your wallet or purse, without you ever knowing about it. At least, not until you get your next statement! Fight back by making it as hard as possible to steal what is rightfully yours. The Scanner Guard Card is the size of a credit card that is designed to protect personal information stored on credit cards, debit cards, smartcards, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) driver’s licenses and any other RFID cards from e-pickpocket thieves using handheld RFID scanners. The card is composed of a mixture of metals that disrupt the scanner from reading the RFID signals. There are outside and inside coatings of a patent pending metal mixture for the protection of personal information. The coating is not rigid and the card is very flexible like a normal credit card. Read more

Don’t let visitors – invited or not – sneak into your home. Protect your home and family with this Entry Alarm with RF Remote by Flipo. The Entry Alarm with RF Remote installs quickly and cleanly without any drilling or wiring. Simply peel and stick the main alarm to any door or window, then peel and stick the accompanying magnet bar to the frame, arm the alarm, and walk away. It’s that simple! Flipo created the Entry Alarm with RF Remote with three frequency channels allowing for multiple alarms to be controlled by a single remote, or multiple alarms to be controlled individually with each remote. The Entry Alarm with RF Remote can be placed virtually anywhere extra security is needed: around the house, in your boat or RV, in a dorm room, or garage. The security possibilities are endless! Requires three AAA batteries (sold separately) for the alarm unit and three LR44 coin cells (included) for the remote. Read more