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I have a variety of commercial home automation devices here at the house, but I have been thinking more and more of creating my own, too. This project is one way to go! — Douglas In this project I will be sharing with you all, how to use RemoteMe & Arduino Remote Lite app to control relays. which can be used in multiple projects like home automation, etc. Using this you don't have to be in the house to control the relay as it can be done over the internet from any where around the world. I will try to explain this in details still trying to keep it simple so this might be a long post. If you have no experience with RemoteMe check out Control Devices Over Internet. and Simple Weather Station posts to get an idea. With that been said, Lets jump right into it. Read Home Automation Using RemoteMe & Arduino Remote LITE App. via Instructables.com An interesting link found among my daily reading

  Today's Amazon deal offers a cheap and easy way to add voice control to your non-Alexa speakers.   For a limited time, Amazon has its  Echo Input on sale for $19.99 . That's $15 off and the lowest price we've seen for this device. The Echo Input connects to any speaker via its 3.5mm jack or Bluetooth. Once connected and set up via the Alexa app (Android and iOS), you can ask Alexa to play a song, read the news, or stream from Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, or more. Designwise, the Echo Input is a little larger than the Google Chromecast and is barely noticeable among your stereo setup. It features four built-in microphones with action and mute buttons to control them. Read Amazon Echo Input Just Dropped to $20 via Tom's Guide An interesting link found among my daily reading

Special use cameras just keep getting better and better. I admit, the Osmo Pocket has me thinking of ways I could use it for the various events we capture. Hmmmm, surely there must be a business reason I can grab one of these, right? — Douglas BACK IN 2015, drone-maker DJI began putting some of its image-stabilization technology into hand-held camera gimbals. The first, called the Osmo, was well-received among the prosumer crowd, because it let users capture unshaky video on either a smartphone or on the device itself. Since then, DJI has released a series of updates to the Osmo, including the smartphone-supporting Osmo Mobile. Now DJI is putting out its most pocketable Osmo ever—suitably named the Osmo Pocket. It’s DJI’s smallest three-axis gimbal so far, measuring slightly over four inches tall. It has a tiny color touchscreen, so you can see and control your video capture directly from the device, or you can attach your smartphone via USB-C or Lightning and use your phone as a v...

My son has recently gotten deeply interested in retro gaming and now I see articles like this everywhere. A great use for a Raspberry Pi, enabling old technology to work with new. -- Douglas Before CES, Hyperkin announced its latest devices for 2019, with the Hyper Blaster HD and RetroN DIY for SNES being the two stand out products. Although we are still a ways off from the retail release, we got some hands-on time with both units. The Hyper Blaster HD is probably what most folks are excited about. After all, it solves the huge problem of the original NES Zapper from Nintendo: its incompatibility with modern displays. As you can see from the images, the Hyper Blaster HD comes in bright neon orange with gray accents, similar to Nintendo's original Zapper. Read Hands-on with Hyperkin's NES light gun for LCDs and Raspberry Pi DIY SNES kit via Neowin An interesting link found among my daily reading

Technology isn't just computers, networks and phones. Technology has always been part of the human experience. All of our ancestors have looked for ways to help the survive and do less work for more gain.  Archive.org has a host of old technology books (from mid-19th to mid-20th Century) available in many formats and on a host of topics. Many of the technologies discussed within these books are being put to use again these days in the back to the land" and homesteading movements. You might even find something that could address one of your own garden or farm issues, but has been lost to time and history. Enjoy! --Douglas Historical Technology Books: Computer Gaming World Issue 1.1 (Volume 1, Number 1) (1981) - 14 in a series   Another collection of technology magazines from the early days of computing! — Dougl as     Available in PDF, Text, JPG formats, and more From the Editor...   In recent months I have been encouraged time and again when I see the...

Google just launched a powerful new image converter called Squoosh at its Chrome Developer Conference that’s going to help you convert a bunch of image formats into the kind of image you want to use. Squoosh is an online tool that works in any browser, not just Google Chrome, but the entire process takes place on the computer and everything is saved locally. Read Meet Squoosh, Google’s powerful new image converter that works in any browser via BGR An interesting link found among my daily reading

While making things on the computer is fun, making computers physically move and do something is even more fun. This inventor links the inside with the outside in order to make robots move! — Douglas James Bruton well known for his YouTube channel which sees him creating a wide variety of huge 3D printed robots and electronic devices has this week published a new video looking at building an affordable lower power linear actuator using little Arduino hardware and programming. Check out the video below to learn more about the project that involves a little 3D printing and Arduino coding which is available for you to download directly from GitHub if you fancy building your very own linear actuator. Read Affordable Arduino linear actuator created by James Bruton via Geeky Gadgets * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs ** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out! † Available from the LA Public Library An interesti...

Technology isn't just computers, networks and phones. Technology has always been part of the human experience. All of our ancestors have looked for ways to help the survive and do less work for more gain.  Archive.org has a host of old technology books (from mid-19th to mid-20th Century) available in many formats and on a host of topics. Many of the technologies discussed within these books are being put to use again these days in the back to the land" and homesteading movements. You might even find something that could address one of your own garden or farm issues, but has been lost to time and history. Enjoy! --Douglas Historical Technology Books: A+: The Independent Guide for Apple Computing (Volume 1, Number 1) (1983) - 13 in a series I avidly read A+ when I was in college and beyond. I was an Apple II user first, so it was always the most interesting to me. Looking back over these old magazines is like opening a time capsule. There is so much there that is familiar, b...