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“Thanks, Siri,” said the guy who spent thousands on smart lightbulbs, temperature-sensing thermostats and a Bluetooth-controlled door lock. Continue reading Siri opens “smart” lock to let neighbor walk into a locked house
Good grief, this smartphone-to-TV remote really drives home how simple hardware projects have become in the last decade. We’re talking about a voltage regulator, IR LED, and ESP8266 to add TV control on your home network. The hardware part of the hack is a homemade two sided board that mates an ESP with a micro-USB port, a voltage regulator to step down fom 5 to 3.3 v, and an IR LED for transmitting TV codes.
Let’s sit back and recount our good fortunes that make this possible. USB is a standard and now is found on the back of most …read more
Continue reading Smartphone TV Remote Courtesy of Homekit and ESP8266
Internet of Things devices are like a little UN: they all speak different languages and don’t get along. The post Smart-Home Gadgets Need a Translator Real Bad—Here’s How to Get One appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading Smart-Home Gadgets Need a Translator Real Bad—Here’s How to Get One