Articles by PJ Evans

10 Amazing: Maker Tools

Help make your dreams a reality with the right set of tools

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Design a high-tech home office

Don’t work hard at home, work smart at home

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Automate your kitchen

Improve your kitchen gadgets with even more gadgets

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Create a cool kids room

Use tech to brighten up your bedroom and keep unwanteds away

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Liven up your living room

Whether it’s music, TV or game time, tech can help

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Review: IoT Cricket

This new British-designed device aims to make building the Internet of Things as easy as a few clicks. PJ Evans checks out the no-code approach

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Make a digital do-not-disturb sign

Kids barging in on Zoom meetings? Parents being a pain when you’re in Google Classroom? Let them know what you’re up to with ‘Busybot’, the custom do-not-disturb sign

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SmartiPi Touch Pro

The latest addition to the SmartiPi Touch family brings improved design, cooling, and a wealth of options. PJ Evans looks into the case

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Build a Home Assistant: the light fantastic

Play with colour and mood, or go completely disco with Home Assistant’s light controls

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Build a Home Assistant with Raspberry Pi

Is your house boring? Smarten it up with free home automation tools and Raspberry Pi

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Build a multi-room audio system with Raspberry Pi

Built a music system and enhance it with streaming services. Let’s fill your home with sound

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Make a Raspberry Pi audio player with Mopidy Music

Extend the capabilities of your music system with Mopidy extensions and access a world of audio

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