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Hacking your input and outputs
I had the pleasure of supporting and attending Hacked.io which was a hackday in the most traditional sense of the word. Run by the Geeks of London for 02 Labs, it couldn’t have been more fitting to...
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I bought into the Philips Hue system but why?
After my blog post asking about which smart lighting system works best for me… I choose the Philips Hue system but why? Philips made its simple REST API public! Yeh! Seen activity of people hacking...
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Beware Philips Hue lights from the states
I bought into the Philips Hue system a while ago by buying the part I needed and then the lights afterwards. There are a tons of people selling the wired zeegbee bridge for as low as 25 pounds (I paid...
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Thank goodness for the hackers
I’m now a owner of the Philips Hue lights after my mistake buying cheaper Hue lights from eBay (which turned out to be the American versions) and finally converting all the lighting pendulums to...
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Worm attacks over unsecured protocals
Bruce Schneier isn’t the only person worried about this type of attack. I already turned off external access to my Hue lights following the IOT bot net news. This is exactly the sort of...
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Muzzling the Google Home Mini?
When I bought my Google Pixel 2, I received a free Google Home Mini as part of the pre-order deal. While in Madeira it finally came and today I went to Irlam to go get it. I’ve never liked the idea of...
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Could the Mycroft 2, be the perfect replacement for a Google home
I saw the Mycroft v2 recently and had a look through the kickstarter page to learn a little more. It looks promising but after some research and some tweets, I remembered the mycroft.ai is something I...
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