Part 3 of our Husqvarna Automower Review shows the timer setup as we back the machine off it's 24/7 pace and some great drone footage of the bot as it takes care of our lawn. Read all the details here - http://autoho.me/1TUYh8w

Part 2 of our Husqvarna Automower Review shows the machines first cut, a comparison with our ride-on, the charging procedure, a before and after of 2 weeks progress and a time lapse of the random cutting pattern. Read all the details here - http://autoho.me/1U8wEuM

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Earlier this year Husqvarna launched a campaign looking for 100 bloggers to test out their Automower robotic lawnmower range. Now who doesn’t want their own little R2D2 running round their garden, so of course I applied and in the end was lucky enough to be shortlisted to receive one of the bots.

So here's the first of around ten or so short videos across this mowing season on the Husqvarna 430X Automower, starting with its arrival and setup at the Automated Home a few days ago.

The brand new Apple Mac mini was released earlier this week. We connect it up to our AV system as the ultimate 1080p HiDef media streamer in conjunction with open source Plex software

This time we're joined by Ian Lowe and Mal Lansell of the xPL Project. We discuss how the open source Home Automation Protocol came about, how it aims to be the "glue" in your smart home setup and the variety of hardware that can talk to each other through the systems hub.

We've updated the iPhone to V2.0 and installed a few apps to play with. Of most interest to Home Automators will be the new free Apple "Remote" application. Here's a quick two minute video tour showing just how quick and easy it is to install and use.

Show AH0014 features an interview with Matt Bendiksen from Perceptive Automation. We talk about their home automation software solution for the Mac - Indigo. Even if you're not a OS X user there's plenty of interesting chat including the differences between X10 and Insteon hardware, what it's like being a developer of a home automation system and the potential of the iPhone and iPod touch as a smart home controller.

This time we talk to AlertMe.com co-founder and director Pilgrim Beart along with his Chief Design Engineer, Dr Amyas Phillips. We talk about the technical background that lead both men to work on one of the UKs most innovative security systems, discuss the architecture of the Zigbee mesh network and the Linux powered hub at the centre of the system.

This time we talk to Ian Dixon of theDigitalLifeStyle.com. Ian has been producing his podcast since 2005 and with over 150 shows under his belt already he's one of the UK's most prolific bloggers on the Digital Home. We chat about how he got interested in Media Centre, his Windows Home Server setup and his special relationship with Microsoft.

In the fifth and final of our video interviews from this years Smart Home Show we have a quick chat with Guy Reece from WebBrick. Guy talks about the hectic last 12 months for the company and how they are using their product to manage renewables and save energy in other intelligent home configurations. The WebBrick gateway uses standards based HTML so can be configured to output almost anything you require and support for DMX lighting control has just been added too.