Collaborate Disseminate
When looking at the piles of cheap RGB, Bluetooth-controlled LED strips you can find for sale just about anywhere these days, integrating them into a home-automation setup is very tempting. …read more Continue reading The Dark Side Of Hacking XMas Lights, Literally
When looking at the piles of cheap RGB, Bluetooth-controlled LED strips you can find for sale just about anywhere these days, integrating them into a home-automation setup is very tempting. …read more Continue reading The Dark Side Of Hacking XMas Lights, Literally
Heat pumps are taking the world by storm, and for good reason. Not only are they many times more efficient than electric heaters, but they can also be used to …read more Continue reading Heat Pump Control That Works
As handy as having a smart doorbell is, with its ability to remotely see who’s at the front door from anywhere with an Internet connection, the off-the-shelf units are not …read more Continue reading Smart Doorbell Focuses on Privacy
[Jon] wanted to keep track of his home power use, but didn’t want to have to push his data up to some cloud service that’s just going to leave him …read more Continue reading 2023 Hackaday Prize: A Smart Powermeter That You Actually Want
[WJCarpenter] had a common HVAC problem; not all the rooms got to a comfortable temperature when the heater was working to warm up their home. As often happens with HVAC …read more Continue reading Ventbots are fans of HVAC and Home Automation
It is always controversial to have home assistants like the ones from Google or Amazon. There are privacy concerns, of course. Plus they maddeningly don’t always do what you intend …read more Continue reading Google Home Scripting
Here at Hackaday, we definitely love to celebrate the hard hacks: the insane feats of reverse engineering, the physics-defying flights of fancy, or the abuse of cutting edge technology. But …read more Continue reading Hack Simple
With all the hype about ChatGPT, it has to have crossed your mind: how can I make it control devices? On the utopia side, you could say, “Hey, ChatGPT, figure …read more Continue reading ChatGPT Rules the World… or, at Least, the Home
You can babysit your 3D printer 100% of the time, or you can cross your fingers and hope it all works. Some monitor their printers using webcams, but [Simit] has …read more Continue reading Hexed Home Assistant Monitors 3D Printers