On a recent Internet of Things podcast episode, we took a voicemail question on our hotline. He correctly notes that Samsung has shut down its SmartThings Cloud service, requiring device makers to use alternative services, such as AWS or Azure. That … [Read more...]
Project Soli: a fading Ripple in the IoT waters?
Google’s Project Soli, the use of small radar sensors in devices, officially launched in 2015. And in six years, we’ve seen few products that actually use it. Now, Google has helped create an open-source API effort for the Soli technology called … [Read more...]
Can open-source smart home systems save your deprecated devices?
On our most recent IoT Podcast, Danny called in to our voicemail hotline with a very interesting question. He wants to know if platforms such as Home Assistant or OpenHAB could help support older smart devices that lose support from their … [Read more...]
How we moved an IoT code project from a Raspberry Pi to Google Cloud
Last year, as an amateur (and I mean very amateur) developer, I created a simple Python app using Twilio APIs to run our IoT Podcast Hotline voicemail. Since the service has to run all the time, I decided to use an inexpensive Raspberry Pi as the … [Read more...]
How to create ambient notifications with Python and a smart bulb
Ever since mentioning my latest little coding project on the IoT Podcast, I’ve heard from a number of folks asking me how I did it. In case you missed it, I have a small Python app that checks the percentage gain or loss of a cryptocoin every two … [Read more...]