Collaborate Disseminate
The modern home is filled with plenty of “smart” devices, but unfortunately, they don’t always speak the same language. The coffee maker and the TV might both be able to talk to your phone through their respective apps, but that …read more
Continue reading Roomba Gets Alexa Support with an ESP8266 Stowaway
It’s March, which means Keysight is back in the business of giving away a ton of test gear. Keysight University Live starts on March 15, with daily events the first week followed by a string of weekly live events through …read more
Actor, presenter and writer Robert Llewellyn, famous for playing the part of Kryten in the science-fiction comedy “Red Dwarf,” joins us as we discuss robots gone rogue, electric vehicle nightmares, and creepy companions. All this and much m… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #217: Would you cuddle this revolting robot? – with Robert Llewellyn
There are millions of IoT devices out there in the wild and though not conventional computers, they can be hacked by alternative methods. From firmware hacks to social engineering, there are tons of ways to break into these little devices. Now, researchers at University of Maryland have published a new …read more
Out in the countryside, having a cow or to wouldn’t be a big deal. You can have a cattle shed full of them, and no one will bat an eyelid. But what if you’re living in the big city and have no need of pet dogs or cats, but a …read more
Continue reading Faux Cow Munches Faux Grass On A Faux Roomba
If you have a Roomba, you know they are handy. However, they do have a habit of getting into places you’d rather they avoid. You can get virtual walls which are just little IR beacons, but it is certainly possible to roll your own. That’s what [MKme] did and it …read more
Continue reading Homemade Wall Stops Roomba and Other Vacuum Tricks
Direct from the “Just Because I Can” department, this blog post by [Eddie Zhang] shows us how easy it is to get the Xiaomi robotic vacuum cleaner working as what might be the world’s most unnecessary Spotify Connect speaker. Will your home be the next to play host to an …read more
Continue reading DJ Xiaomi Spins Beats And Brushes At The Same Time
Israel strikes back at Hamas’s hacking HQ, a new sextortion email comes with a twist, and Carole saves the world with some help from hacked Roomba vacuum cleaners.
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning … Continue reading Smashing Security #127: I do love the Dutch
These free and unofficial tools turn the Roomba 980 into a DOOM wad-making machine. Continue reading Turn Your House into a DOOM Level with a Roomba
Despite being over 25 years old, the original DOOM is still a favorite among gamers and hackers alike. For years now, running the 1993 demonic shooter has been a critical milestone when hacking or reverse engineering a piece of gear, and at this point we’ve seen it run on everything from voting machines to cameras.
But this time around, DOOM isn’t actually running on the device being hacked. Instead, the Roomba 980 that [Rich Whitehouse] has doing his bidding is being used to generate new DOOM levels based on the maps it makes of rooms while going about its business. …read more