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6 smart home devices anyone can build with a cheap ESP32 and an even cheaper sensor

These are some great DIY projects that you can do for cheap.

I use Android Auto in my living room now - and it solves ones of my biggest productivity problems

How to use Android Auto outside your car . The premise is simple -- you install an app on your old device to serve as the ...

Got a spare PC? How I turned mine into an open-source smart home hub for free

Got a spare PC? How I turned mine into an open-source smart home hub for free ...
CNET

I Made a Smart TV Dumber to Escape Being Tracked. Here's How

Good, dumb TVs, those without a web connection, are nearly impossible to find. But you can minimize companies getting your ...

Track Room Occupancy Without Cameras Using ESP32 Wi-Fi Drops

Learn how to repurpose your spare ESP32 boards into cost-effective presence detection sensors using the Tommy Sense ...

Cockroaches will learn to fear my SwitchBot Bot Rechargeable

The Bot delivered. Roaches in my kitchen means I needed a way to turn on the light switch before I enter the room. The Bot ...
Hackaday

ESP32 Keeps Tabs On Your Local Airspace

Radar, this project from [Mateusz Juszczyk] isn’t actually using radar. But thanks to the round LCD this desktop gadget does ...
Android Police

I created a quick task routine that dims my room lighting when my device charges

Jade Bryan is a Feature Author at Android Police with over a decade of tech reviews and news reporting experience, stretching back to the Symbian era and the early days of Android. He covers the ...