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Home automation round up

Home automation round up

Here’s a round up of just some of the home automation projects, kits and more found on MAKE! If you do home automation, post what you’ve made, used or bought in the comments! You could make your own “proximity based power system”… Make – Volume 08 – Smart HVAC (Page 140). MIDAS: Homemade Dorm Room […]

Lost the remote? Use your face…

Lost the remote? Use your face… frowning skips commercials I guess… A researcher has discovered a way to use facial expressions to speed and slow video playback. By using a combination of facial expression recognition software and automated tutoring technology Jacob Whitehill, a computer science Ph.D. student from UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering, […]