Category: Smart Home

Required materials: Add-a-Motor D80 – $100 Wemo Mini Smart Plug – $30 Heavy Duty Traverse Curtain Rods – $50 If you don’t already have one, Amazon Echo Dot There are some very expensive solutions out there for motorized curtains, most come with a RF, Z-Wave or IR remote that would require an additional hub to…

I’ve slowly been equipping my Amazon Echo, aka Alexa, with connected hardware, and the next step was a smart light for the bedroom. I wanted a bulb that was full color, required no hub, integrated directly with Amazon Echo and had IFTTT integration. The only bulb that fit that criteria was the Lifx Multicolor Wi-Fi Smart…