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IoT & Smart-Living Ideas

Practical guides, design notes, and mini deep-dives—so your spaces feel effortless.

Matter vs. Zigbee vs. Wi-Fi: Picking the Right Smart-Home Backbone in 2025

A practical comparison for real homes: reliability, latency, range, power, and how to plan a future-proof stack for VeaLive-style automations.

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Beyond ‘warm at night, cool by day’. A field guide to sensors, scenes, and dimming curves so light feels like daylight—without the fiddling.

How we prototype durable parts—sensor mounts, cable guides, motor couplers—and graduate them from PLA to finished, room-ready pieces.

Cloud is useful—but should be optional. Here’s how we keep critical automations and data at the edge while still enjoying modern conveniences.

True luxury is effortlessness. We orchestrate climate, light, scent, sound, and privacy so spaces feel curated—not gimmicky.

Sensors and automations that keep homes fresher with pets—air quality, feeding, litter, and gentle lighting for midnight wanderers.

A geodesic shell that reduces thermal load, a tight envelope that stays quiet, and an automation-native core that feels alive.