Got a Sonoff Wifi Smart Switch to work with my Google Home
Got a Sonoff Wifi Smart Switch to work with my Google Home The video below shows me using voice control through my Google Home to remotely switch an extension lead on and off, and to […]
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Got two Sonoff WiFi Smart Switches today
Got two Sonoff WiFi Smart Switches today My project is to now wire these up and get them working this weekend via mobile app as well as with Google Home. One will be on an […]
The Verge’s Best Smartphone Camera Of 2017 – iPhone X vs. Pixel 2 XL vs. Note 8 vs. HTC U11 vs. LG V30…
The Verge’s Best Smartphone Camera Of 2017 – iPhone X vs. Pixel 2 XL vs. Note 8 vs. HTC U11 vs. LG V30 The camera on a smartphone is becoming a more and more important […]
Tesla’s huge battery gives coal station emergency power 620 miles away – Grid Storage is not just for…
Tesla's huge battery gives coal station emergency power 620 miles away – Grid Storage is not just for Renewable Energy The world's largest lithium ion battery, installed to alleviate South Australia's severe energy issues, was […]
Twitter adds more verification options for two-factor authentication like Google Authenticator
Twitter adds more verification options for two-factor authentication like Google Authenticator Twitter today is beefing up perhaps its most important consumer-facing security measure, two-factor authentication (2FA), with an update to fully support third-party apps. Now, […]
How do I import RSS feeds with Images into Drupal 8 to create an auto-posting Blog?
How do I import RSS feeds with Images into Drupal 8 to create an auto-posting Blog? Well I've been grappling with this issue for a full week and have sorted it now (well very nearly!). […]
Spotify gives Linux users an early Christmas present: a new desktop client
Spotify gives Linux users an early Christmas present: a new desktop client Linux-loving users of Spotify have had it rough for the past few years. Spotify stopped active development on its desktop client back in […]
Belgium ends 19th-Century telegram service
Belgium ends 19th-Century telegram service One hundred and seventy-one years after the first electrical message was transmitted down a line running alongside the railway between Brussels and Antwerp the final dispatch will be sent and […]
How to Explore the Hidden World of Radio Waves All Around You using a $20 Software Defined Radio and…
How to Explore the Hidden World of Radio Waves All Around You using a $20 Software Defined Radio and GQRX Software The installation at this year’s Radical Networks conference was part of an artwork called […]
Magic Leap finally unveils augmented reality goggles, says it’s shipping next year
Magic Leap finally unveils augmented reality goggles, says it’s shipping next year Yes, you can laugh… but we all thought the first mobile phone users looked hilarious too and those phones would never catch on. […]