Automating all the kai shopping
One repetitive thing that software can do is ensuring we have enough food in the house to cook dinner and make lunches. I've been looking
Home automation and Wellington public transport
The Metlink RTI signs are great. You can know at a glance when the next bus is. It's useful to me, to also know this
Quick review - Neo n2 pen versus my old Livescribe
Let me tell you about a thing. This thing is a pen. It has Bluetooth and talks to my android phone which in turns save
Wemos shields
For the prototype Whare Hauora gateware units, we're using Wemos D1 Minis, with a shield. These are cheap to print because they have such a
A bag of wifi
A bag of wifi arrived from aliexpress - it's all esp8266 based units called "wemos d1 mini". They're tiny little blue boards with a wifi
Home automation lessons from SCADA
I've been building up all sorts of sensors and actuators in my home - and i discussed this with my father who is a SCADA
i'm speaking at kiwipycon
I'm speaking at this great kiwi conference. My topic is "Let's put wifi in everything" which is mostly about be getting excited and carried away
Making your event for everyone
Whether your event is a knitting circle, or an exclusive CEO forum, (or a knitting circles for CEOs) you can help it be inclusive. Don't
Automating remote switches when you're cheap
Wemos are switches you can operate from wifi and remotely. Wemos nice and all. But they have two downsides: 1) They are expensive. 2) I
All the Lightbulbs
I like the idea of "Lan of Things". I don't like poking packets through the internet just to turn on the light bulb. Too many
