This Custom Smart Home Controller Looks Like a Century-Old Antique

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Today’s smart home is packed with features such as adaptive lighting, smart locks, voice-controlled automation, and AI-powered security cameras to save time, boost energy efficiency, and offer peace of mind — all without you having to lift a finger. But while home automation is growing quite popular, not everyone wants their home to look like a smart home. Having little white boxes all over the walls, tables, and counters isn’t the best look.

YouTuber Haggis on Toast has a well-equipped smart home. He loves the capabilities, but can’t stand the look of the control hub, which is essentially just a tablet stuck on the wall. He wanted to swap it for something with more style, but wasn’t able to find anything suitable that was commercially available. So with no other good options, Haggis on Toast decided to make his own control hub — and you’ve never seen anything like it!

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