Smart Home Automations For KIDS!

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10 ай бұрын

Kit used in today's Smart Home Kids Room;
Aqara LED Strip T1 - amzn.to/3thAVrB
Aqara LED Strip T1 Extension Kit - amzn.to/3FaMDHe
Aqara Motion Sensor P1 - amzn.to/3F74r6e
Aqara Curtain Driver E1 - amzn.to/3Q67HVD
Aqara Door and Window Sensor - amzn.to/404kwDv
Aqara Smart Buttons - amzn.to/46qtL2W
Aqara Hub M2 - amzn.to/3LQHIyY
Join me today as I try and add the wonders of having a smart home into my childrens room! Enjoy some cool ideas for kids room home automations, and don't forget if there's any other home automation routines for kids and children that you can think of, let me know in the comments!
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@MadMatt13 9 ай бұрын

I can't believe she is 2 now! Great job with the room guys! 🖤

@nicolemoran1885 9 ай бұрын

I have routines built in including giving warnings prior to “events” such as bedtime so that there is a cue for reminding my kid when it is time to go to bed. It also means 1. It reminds me to get him to bed and 2. He tells “Lexa, it not dark yet!” or various other complaints.

@StusReviewsUK 9 ай бұрын

Love this!

@patrickwright-temple6183 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Stu ,I don't understand why they stopped but please keep on henpecking them

@rob6i 10 ай бұрын

For me i would have designed a red button to put my kids into the fiery depths of hell when they messed around....activate Slayer hell awaits, fog machine, red/orange flickering lighting, smart door locks!! Good job Stu, fantastic video. Good job smart tech like this wasn't available when my kids were young!

@StusReviewsUK 10 ай бұрын

👀 a big red button…. That’s not a bad idea. Saving this idea for part 2 😂

@fofocho71 10 ай бұрын

Cool. Can you tell which projector is it?

@agepbiz 10 ай бұрын

Great episode as always. Love the clever use of 3d printing!

@StusReviewsUK 10 ай бұрын

Terrible prints compared to the master (you)!

@Jonnycrouch 10 ай бұрын

An Aqara cube (with appropriate stickers) could be fun in triggering the lights when she has the motor skills to get the knack of it!

@paulhyland3528 10 ай бұрын

Great idea ive only smartified my kids rooms for my convenience, via esp home / esp 8266 with physical button panel to trigger white noise, music playlist and her night light. Handy for th grandparents. But definitely gave me some inspiration to make some stuff for them.

@StusReviewsUK 10 ай бұрын

Definitely some cool stuff you can do to let them get involved too!

@garethjones5068 10 ай бұрын

I think Verity is a lucky girl to have such a cool bedroom, great job Stu

@lewoody 10 ай бұрын

Love it pal... Definitely gonna do something similar for my granddaughters bedroom

@JoeAiello789 10 ай бұрын

My most, uhm, convenient automation is using an Aqara Motion Sensor to flash an accent light in my bedroom when my kid leaves their room and enters the hallway... 😏

@StusReviewsUK 10 ай бұрын

👀👀👀👀

@daphnetilling6034 10 ай бұрын

Love this, missing a night mode, dim ambient lights and a spacy themed night sky or constellations through the projector

@StusReviewsUK 10 ай бұрын

My daughter is quite like me… she sleeps in pitch black and hates lights on at night 😂

@daphnetilling6034 10 ай бұрын

@@StusReviewsUK I am pretty much the same, I think it stems from being brought up in the middle of the countryside where ambient light is minimal. my flatmate is total opposite and cannot sleep without a light on. Still like the idea of a night mode though

@StusReviewsUK 10 ай бұрын

@@daphnetilling6034 definitely a good idea… I’ve got a few ideas for V2 when she gets old enough to pick her own style… going to go even bigger next time 👌👌👌

@bytesizeclu 10 ай бұрын

Love this episode Stu! Great story telling and such a fun idea too, might have to get some of this tech for my own childlike adult spaces 😂

@StusReviewsUK 10 ай бұрын

I know right, I've gone and sat in there with the jungle theme on a couple of times since... its quite relaxing 😂

@djweso 10 ай бұрын

Great episode. Funny enough, one of the things that got me into Home Automation was adding these kinds of effect to my home bar. Have you thought about adding projections like a moon or fish onto an open wall space? I also have some so battery powered candles, and legos (with LED kit) that i made smart with AA(A) battery to usb converter and smart plugs.

@StusReviewsUK 10 ай бұрын

Thought about it, but couldn’t quite come up with a quick automation that would do that bit also followed the three rules I set out at the beginning!

@markloughtonUK 10 ай бұрын

Major Dad points right there !!

@StusReviewsUK 10 ай бұрын

💪💪

@usa-earth 10 ай бұрын

Stu, I think you should reach out to Reed of Smart Home Solver to have him highlight your setup for your daughter. I think this video is great and should really be getting promoted! Excellent job Stu! Your daughter will love this! As to automations, we have a young special needs foster son and something I did was set up an automation for him with sound detection on the echo dot so that if he cries at night from a bad dream, one of the lights on our ceiling in our master bedroom lights up enough to wake me up - funny how it has only once woken my wife up....

@StusReviewsUK 10 ай бұрын

That’s a good one! I’ve used something similar up until now, as she loves wave sounds, so when she cries at night it turns on wave sounds automatically to see if that might sooth her a bit before I have to check her!

@garethjones5068 10 ай бұрын

The main reason I started building my smart home was to save on energy bills, the kids leaving lights on when leaving rooms was the main factor so motion sensors were the first thing I added

@garyhenderson9303 10 ай бұрын

On many KZfaq channels Smart home tech gets quickly reduced to controlling LED strips. This has become the default for a few years now. The best Smart home function you used was the if the door opens at a certain time you get notified. There are great things which can be done such as if the alarm is activated at home and the camera sees someone outside the window then it closes the curtains so the person first get spooked off and if not cannot peak inside to see what is worth stealing, as well as the normal push notification to a phone. How does your Milk Goblin reach those drawers you put up on the wall?

@StusReviewsUK 10 ай бұрын

She doesn’t… that’s where the paints, pens and playdo will go 😂

@ItzDingle 10 ай бұрын

Kid moment

@sougias007 9 ай бұрын

Hi Stu, your video has inspired me for my son's new playroom. Quick question, can the aqara button trigger Alexa routines(I assume you are using Alexa routines to start audio playing from the echo dot)?

@StusReviewsUK 9 ай бұрын

Yes it does - but it’s a bit of a workaround because they don’t work natively. You have to use the Aqara integration with IFTTT and then us the Alexa actions applet by mkzense to port that into Alexa. .

@patrickwright-temple6183 10 ай бұрын

Hi Stu trying to add as many smart automations as possible but keep getting stuck as far as AQara goes as they don't provide smart plugs or bulbs,any ideas why since your so close to them would it be a inconvenience to ask them why or when they will start selling them ifor the UK

@StusReviewsUK 10 ай бұрын

Don’t worry… I bug them at least a few times a month to get the bulbs and plugs out over here 😂

@liamalford1782 10 ай бұрын

Hey Stu. Do you use echo / alexa as your main smart home ? I’ve stool between HomeKit and Alexa and have been for the last 10 years

@StusReviewsUK 10 ай бұрын

I’m Alexa through and through!

@liamalford1782 10 ай бұрын

@@StusReviewsUK I think I’m going more that way now. Especially with the new echo hub coming

@DocSquiffy 10 ай бұрын

Can you be my Dad

@StusReviewsUK 10 ай бұрын

Sorry son, we’ve run out of milk again. 👀

@Badonicus 10 ай бұрын

First of three

@StusReviewsUK 10 ай бұрын

1/3.

@joebaz4844 10 ай бұрын

@@StusReviewsUK Realy?

@StusReviewsUK 10 ай бұрын

Yep... 2 more this week!

@malteseowl 10 ай бұрын

Did you deliberately forget the Aqara buttons as an Amazon item ?

@StusReviewsUK 10 ай бұрын

Oops! Adding in shortly!

@malteseowl 10 ай бұрын

@@StusReviewsUK Thanks Stu - just for the hell of it, I have been googling around to see how to colour some of this ubequitous white plastic - it looks reasonable to do, but no way can you colour the electronics bits and bobs LOL. There must be a way to colour these things otherwise it all looks like a bathroom piece. I'm still looking.

@freestuffgiveaways 10 ай бұрын

WO,WO,WO,WO,WO. Stop right there!!!!!!! im sorry, your daughter is how old!??? WHEN THE BLOODY HELL DID THAT HAPPEN!???? I remember her being born it was about 6 months ago wasn't it???????? Where the heck as that 2 years gone!.......any way back to the video (im only 10 seconds in!😂)

@joebaz4844 10 ай бұрын

Another iitem!

@patrickhitthaler3030 10 ай бұрын

how about the smart pet feeder to dispense sweets (or healthier options) on demand? (disclaimer - idea stolen from reed @ smart home solver)

@StusReviewsUK 10 ай бұрын

Oooo now that is a good idea 👀

@patrickhitthaler3030 10 ай бұрын

@@StusReviewsUK you could even put the dispenser up on a shelf and build a mad candy slide :-) why didn't my parents think of something like that???

@andyhume874 10 ай бұрын

Came here to say this. :) I think the way Reed set this up was as rewards for winning someinteractive game or some such thing. i.e. it wasn't on demand! 😆