Home is where the heart is. Add to that, a few smart devices and your life is much easier. Today technology allows you to get inside the house without a key, a light that switches on when it knows you are around the corner and devices that let you measure how much power your air conditioner is using. Here are a few technology hacks for your home:

Make your TV smarter
Chances are your flat screen TV is old and you are itching to make it smart. This can be done easily by getting an Amkette EvoTV. The Smart Box XL is an Android-based media player, priced at R10,500, which can handle most video, audio and image file formats. You can connect external storage devices to it and access them simultaneously. There are built-in apps to support various social networks, Skype and You Tube.