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Ever love a product so much it makes you feel whole? Youre not alone, which is why were having our favorite tastemakers spill the items they cant live without.

Who: Jana Bek,@janabekdesign Where:Ann Arbor, MI By Day:Interior designer of Jana Bek Design. I recently launched my line ofhand-paintedbrushstroke lamps, and they were just picked up by The St. Regishotelgroup! I'm also a social media guru. By Night:I love to cook and travel with my hubby. I fancy myself a cocktail mixologist, and I love to work out. Style:I think ofmyself as edgy but am decidedly classic at the end of the day. Michael Kors is my home boy!

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OAKLAND, Calif. Home automation startup Skybell has developed an always-on device that streams video using only an 240 milliamp battery.

By wiring its smart doorbell to the transformer and door chime in an existing doorbell, Skybell can run its motion sensor, two-way audio, and camera with wide-angle lens on 10 volts of power. Skybells on-board battery trickles power from the existing home infrastructure so users will never have to charge the device.

Skybell was developed in the summer of 2013 as a way to remotely see who is at your front door. Pressing the doorbell button activates a camera, which sends video to a smartphone app and allows for communication between users and visitors. Its first generation device raised over $592,000 on Indiegogo and a recently shipped second-gen device now includes a lower-power Wi-Fi chip and on-demand video that allows the doorbell to act more like a surveillance system.

The Skybell doorbell's processor, sensors, and low-power Wi-Fi chip allow for streaming video. Source: Skybell

Engineers have also developed an adapter for digital doorbells, which hold power longer enabling it to play a digitized song. A small circuit board screwed into the digital doorbell adapter converts Skybells power management mode to shorten the power needed to play a chime.

Additional video recording features that use a small amount of on-board memory will be available in the next few weeks. Co-Founder Andrew Thomas hopes Skybell will morph into a really intelligent sensor at your front door that can tell your whole smart home hub what to do from turning on lights when someone approaches the door, to voice and facial recognition and response.

I see a day when Skybell can recognize speech, Thomas told EE Times. We want Skybell to be as useful by itself as it is as a platform

Still, if your home doesnt have a doorbell, Skybell will not be the device for you. Thomas isnt worried about the lost market share; rather, he sees a bright future for his doorbells place in the growing world of home automation and for the market as a whole.

Thomas believes uptake for home automation will start slow. Numerous reasons to buy an item such as a smart thermostat will improve the likelihood of creating a smart home, he said.

Im waiting to see how relationships with platforms and companies do with retailers, he said citing Home Depots Wink hub and Lowes Iris. I want to see if people are going to want to use platforms from people who sold them products or platforms based on handset they have.

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Ding-dong!

Whos there?

When someone is at your door, you dont know who they are until you check the peephole, or a pricey security system. If youre not at home, you may never know.

But what if your doorbell could talk? Two gadgets have turned the humble doorbell, little changed since the Victorian era, into a digital doorman.

Press the Ring or Skybell doorbells, and theyll still set off a chime in the house, but then also alert your phone with a live video feed of who is at your door. When someone prowls around the door without pressing the bell, theyll show you video of that, too. No rewiring is required, since most existing doorbells already have power.

Think of these $200 doorbells as home-monitoring systems and two-way intercoms for the smartphone era. After testing them both, theyre among the few smart-home gadgets I would actually buy and use.

Skybell Handout photo showing the Skybell doorbell

There are heaps of DIY connected security cameras on the market, but Ive found most to be a little creepy, and of questionable utility for securing regular homes. A doorbell camera makes more sense because it captures a critical passageway for the people you want to see, as well as intruders you want to keep out. It is socially acceptable: If youre standing within 10 feet of my door, pretty much everyone can agree youre presenting yourself for inspection.

There are good reasons why you might want your doorbell connected to the Internet. You can use an app to show you who is ringing while youre in the backyard, or to tell the delivery guy to leave the package when youre at work. And even if you dont have to answer the door frequently, it can offer peace of mind by alerting you if someone is casing the joint.

Setting up either the Ring or the Skybell doesnt require extra gear or an advanced degree in operating a smart home. You will need a strong Wi-Fi network in the vicinity of your front door and an Apple or Android smartphone for everyone in the family who wants to be able to check the live video feed. Both products can handle rain and a fair amount of cold.

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For more than 30 years the Nicholas family has lived off the power grid, in a home they built from mud, wattle leaves and timber. Reporter JASON THOMAS recently visited the solar home near Wynyard.

PHILIP and JeannineNicholas do not paypower bills, yet theirdouble-storey mudbrick home nearWynyard never gets cooler than12 degrees.

The sun heats the mud bricksduring the colder months.

Two large batteries are chargedduring daylight and the homesoccupants live comfortably at allhours.

OFF THE GRID: Philip Nicholas and his family have lived off the grid in their sustainable and eco-friendly home for more than 30 years. Picture: Grant Wells.

SCAPE: Philip Nicholas shows Scape around his eco-friendly home. Pictures: Grant Wells.

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SCAPE: Philip Nicholas shows Scape around his eco-friendly home. Pictures: Grant Wells.

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