When someone hears the name motorized window blinds, there is the assumption that it is a fancy and intricate thing that involves a lot of work. The opposite of this, however, is true. These are ...

Finnish software engineer [Toni] is on a quest to modernize his 1991 house, and his latest project was to automate the window blinds and control them using Home Assistant. Unless your blinds have ...

The growing popularity of smart home technologies has led many common household items to be reimagined with convenience and automation in mind. Once manual, decorative, or otherwise static fixtures of ...

One of the first smart device products we tested at GearBrain many years ago was smart blinds and shades. Many of them were devices that connected to a smart switch, such as a Lutron Caseta Smart ...

Discover how Kincmo smart blinds enhance privacy and energy efficiency with seamless Home Assistant and Google Home ...

For years, our mornings and evenings started with the same frustrating routine: battling with our old horizontal blinds. We love natural light, so every new dawn I’d wrestle tangled cords, trying to ...

The project was an innovation style of window blinds where the controller is based around the PICAXE microcontroller due to its versatility and cheaper cost. There are some models and styles that can ...

As far as smart home gadgets are concerned, smart blinds are pretty niche. Unlike smart displays, video doorbells, or smart locks, it’s not often that you hear about smart blinds (or see them ...

Have you resisted installing motorized, remote-controllable window shades that just roll up or down on cue, because you prefer the finer adjustability that slatted blinds offer? You're in luck.

We love seeing hacks that involve salvaging parts from what you have on hand to make a new project work, and this project is a great example of that. [Simon], in a quick weekend build, created an ...

It’s time for us to shed some light on blinds. Meant to filter and insulate, blinds are typically defined as horizontal or vertical slats made of metal, plastic and/or occasionally fabric that are ...