Connected Home

It’s no secret that technology is steadily advancing at a rapid pace, making having access to updated information an essential part of staying on top of trends. To help you stay informed, we’re sharing these blogs highlighting the amazing innovation taking place in the realm of connected home devices and IoT news! Our goal: to provide makers like yourself with relevant product releases, industry thinking, tips & tricks related to working on meaningful projects in these spaces – all accompanied by actionable advice along the way. Join us as we explore topics such as building smart homes powered by artificial intelligence-driven tech or transitioning analog operations into multi-device networks that allow data access anytime and anywhere.

cyber security

Cyber Security Prep: Harden Your Digital Domain Against Disasters and Bad Actors

Protect your online self with these basic cyber security tips.

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How to Kit Out Your Smart Home Without Big Data and Privacy Snooping

How to Kit Out Your Smart Home Without Big Data and Privacy Snooping

If you want to stay private, you’ve got to DIY it. 

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Tracking The NYC Subway Using FPGAs

Tracking The NYC Subway Using FPGAs

Using tech to do the important things, like avoid waiting around a subway station for 20 minutes

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Particle Launches New EtherSIM Platform with Free-To-Use Cellular Data

Particle Launches New EtherSIM Platform with Free-To-Use Cellular Data

Today at their online Spectra conference, Particle announced their new cellular-based IoT platform called EtherSIM, which opens their devices to a large network of carriers worldwide and adds the data plans into the Particle platform subscription price for professional users. Alongside, they also unveiled the “Particle Free Plan” which lets smaller users and makers access […]

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Set Up Your Own Private Smart Home

Set Up Your Own Private Smart Home

Smart home products, like dumb ones, fall into a couple different categories: there’s “fun and entertaining” and then there’s “practical.” Fun stuff when made smart tends to offer me the benefit of convenience; for example, I can ask a smart speaker to play my choice of music. Practical products can bring me added safety and […]

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Face Jam: Evade Facial Recognition

Face Jam: Evade Facial Recognition

Keep clear from recognition algorithms with these methods.

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Monitor Soil Moisture With An ESP8266 And A Hygrometer

Monitor Soil Moisture With An ESP8266 And A Hygrometer

In this article we will take the first step towards developing an intelligent system aimed at monitoring and controlling soil moisture in plants and plantations.

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