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    Simplifying home automation

    Jul 29, 2019 4 minutes
    [NATHAN TAYLOR ]

    UP UNTIL RECENTLY, home automation had been a tough business, best left to professionals and hard core enthusiasts. A dizzying array of incompatible protocols and devices made most home automation projects absurdly complex, requiring weeks of research just to get started.

    Now, with the rise of home assistants it has become much easier to create an automated home. It doesn’t require any special knowledge: just a place to get started.

    WHAT CAN I DO WITH AN AUTOMATED HOME?

    So, let’s back up a minute. If you’re a home automation neophyte then you may be wondering what all the fuss is about. “I’m fine with manually flipping a light switch,” you may be thinking, but home automation is really

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