Collaborate Disseminate
[Marcel] thought – what if he had more control over his house ventilation system? You could add some nifty features, such as automatically ventilating your house in the mornings when …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2022: House Ventilation Reverse-Engineered And Automated
The smart home has been much hyped for what feels a very long-time, but I think it is fair to say that the smart home era is now truly upon us. This status has been almost entirely driven by the rise of the smart speaker – the first truly mass-market s… Continue reading How to ensure that the smart home doesn’t jeopardize data privacy?
In today’s “predictable things that happened before and definitely will happen again”, Insteon, a smart home company boasting the Insteon ecosystem of devices built around their proprietary communication standards, has …read more Continue reading Insteon Abruptly Shuts Down, Users Left Smart-Home-Less
When a person owns the home they live in, often the only approval they need for modifications is from their significant other or roommate. In the worst case, maybe a …read more Continue reading Reversible Ventilation Hack Keeps the Landlord Happy
Bending various proprietary devices to our will is a hacker’s rite of passage. When it comes to proprietary wall sockets, we’d often reverse-engineer and emulate their protocol – but you …read more Continue reading Reusing Proprietary Wireless Sockets Without Wireless Hacking
A lot of hackers are rightfully concerned about the privacy issues that surround many of today’s “smart” gadgets, but it’s hard to argue that the ability to remotely control devices …read more Continue reading ESP32 Brings Air Purifier Online with Home Assistant
Straight out of the smart, sustainable suburbs of an extraterrestrial future, the Nestron Cube Two X is a step toward the next generation of modular living. Compared to other Nestron Cubes, it has extra space and big-time views (of Earth, Mars or elsew… Continue reading Futuristic Nestron Cube modular smart home gets panoramic
Are you ready for a tale of poorly supported hardware, clueless contractors, and bad coding? Look no further than [Neighborino]’s excellent write-up where he details his pursuit of smart home …read more Continue reading Smart Home Hack Breaks Down Walls Figuratively And Literally
When it comes to evaluating technology in the home, there seems to be no shortage of new devices and shiny gadgets, mainly part of the Internet of Things (IoT), to discuss. Unfortunately, there seems to be no shortage of security issues to consider reg… Continue reading Voice-Activated Device Privacy: What You Need to Know
Microphones are perhaps the most common electronic sensor in the world, with an estimated 320 million listening for our commands in the world’s smart speakers. The trouble is that they’re capable of hearing everything else, too. But now, a … Continue reading PrivacyMic: A smart home system that doesn’t record speech