Collaborate Disseminate
For some power users, the one-hundred-and-something keys on regular keyboards just aren’t enough for their everyday tasks. Macro keypads are a popular way of extending one’s input capabilities, and there …read more Continue reading Odd Inputs and Peculiar Peripherals: The LowPow ShortKeyboard Can Work on Your Desk or Out in the Field
Affordable and reliable cell phones have revolutionized the way we communicate over the last two decades or so, and this change was only accelerated by the adoption of the smartphone. …read more Continue reading Long-Distance Text Communication with LoRa
One of the design requirements for the networks that evolved into the Internet was the ability to keep functioning, even if some nodes or links were disabled or destroyed in …read more Continue reading LoRa-Powered Birdhouses Enable Wireless Networking When The Internet’s Down
GPS has been a game-changing technology for all kinds of areas. Shipping, navigation, and even synchronization of clocks have become tremendously easier thanks to GPS. As a result of its …read more Continue reading Low Power Mode for Custom GPS Tracker
When traveling into the wilderness with a group of people, it’s good to have a method of communications set up both for safety and practicality. In the past people often …read more Continue reading An Off-Grid Makeshift Cell Network
[Elite Worm] had a problem; there had been two minor burglaries from a storage unit. The unit had thick concrete walls, cellular signal was poor down there, and permanent wiring …read more Continue reading Long Range Burglar Alarm Relies on LoRa Modules
The LoRa radio protocol is well known to hardware hackers because of its Long Range (hence the name) but also its extremely low power use, making it a go-to for …read more Continue reading Moon Bouncing And Radar Imaging With LoRa
The arrival of LoRa a few years ago gave us at last an accessible licence-free UHF communication protocol with significant range. It’s closed-source, but there are plenty of modules available …read more Continue reading LoRa Messenger in Nokia’s Shell
LoRa is great for sending short data packets over long ranges but is not normally suitable for voice communications. [Dan Fay] is looking to change this with QMesh, a synchronized, …read more Continue reading QMESH: LoRa Mesh Networked Voice Communications
Whether you own any Amazon surveillance devices or not, we know how much you value your privacy. So consider this your friendly reminder that Amazon Sidewalk is going live in …read more Continue reading PSA: Amazon Sidewalk Rolls Out June 8th