A new Bluetooth vulnerability known as BrakTooth has been publicized, impacting the popular Espressif ESP32 IoT chip. The details of exactly how the hack works are not yet known (the […]
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Category: Smart Home
Posts related to Smart Home and relevant technologies.
MagicMirror
Back in 2014, a Raspberry Pi enthusiast by the name of Michael Teeuw shared his build of a “magic mirror” with the world in a six-part series. The system consisted […]
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FreeCAD
Our look at running a CNC milling machine using open-source software led me to another tool worth looking at: FreeCAD. I wasn’t previously familiar with the program, so I decided […]
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WiFi security vulnerability found in Espressif SDKs
Software developer Lukas Bachschwell recently found a serious security issue (CVE-2020-12638) in the SDKs for a microprocessor we have covered previously — the Espressif ESP8266 and ESP32 microprocessors. According to Bachschwell, the vulnerability forces “the ESP8622 and ESP32 chip families […]
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Open Source CNCing
Last year Sienci Labs finished its Kickstarter campaign for the open-source LongMill Benchtop CNC Router — its second successful open-source CNC machine Kickstarter campaign. CNC routers allow users to mill […]
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Arduino IoT Security
Arduino devices are a favorite among do-it-yourself (DIY) enthusiasts to create, among other things, Internet of Things (IoT) devices. We have previously covered the Espressif ESP8266 family of devices that […]
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Home Assistant 0.112 Released
The Home Assistant project has released version 0.112 of the open-source home automation hub we have previously covered, which is the eighth release of the project this year. While previous […]
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ESP8266: Closed source SDK with a wide open community
The Internet of Things (IoT) world is filled with countless microprocessors. Many readers may already be familiar with the Arduino ecosystem. In the same vein, we now will look at […]
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Your own smart hub: Meet Home Assistant
The Internet of Things (IoT) push continues to expand as tens of thousands of different internet-enabled devices from light bulbs to dishwashers reach consumers’ homes. Home Assistant is an open-source […]
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The Sienci LongMill 30″x30″ – Our First CNC Router
As This Smart House expands we keep adding great new toys to play with! Even though we are right in the middle of our Smart RV project, we had to […]
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