Welcome to our next Hacker Challenge! Each week, we issue a new challenge. You get until Sunday to prepare your submission and send it to us. That gives you a few days to think about it and a whole weekend to work it up. Our editors pick the best submissions and our favorite will be featured right here on Lifehacker!


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This Week's Hacker Challenge: Share Your Home Automation Hack

With new control devices like the WeMo and great back end systems, home automation is becoming easier and more fun than ever. You can do great things like controlling your home lights with a Raspberry Pi, automating your home via voice commands with Tasker and VeraLite, and even automating your window blinds with an Arduino. And if you've never looked into it before, we've even written about how you can get started with home automation.


Now, it's your turn. We want to see your best home automation hack.

How to Submit Your Entry

Make sure to follow these instructions when you submit your entry:

Post your entry below or send it to challenge@lifehacker.com with the subject Hacker Challenge: Home Automation . If you post your entry below and need to include more than one image, just reply to your own comment or host your extra pics on a free, quick image-hosting site like imgur

. If you post your entry below and need to include more than one image, just reply to your own comment or host your extra pics on a free, quick image-hosting site like We will accept entries up through Sunday night, July 21 at 11:59pm Pacific Standard Time

We will showcase the best submissions and announce our favorite Tuesday, July 23.

So get to work! And don't forget to check back for new challenges every week.

Standard Gawker contest rules apply, so be sure to check them out before submitting your entry . Please note that we cannot ship prizes outside the United States, though you're welcome to submit your entry no matter where you live.

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