Today there is an off-the-shelf solution for practically every average-Joe-grade idea one may have. There is always the chance that when one...

It is fairly interesting that just as with other "things" that I have equipped my house with, this Kiosk and other IoT gadgetry pr...

The sense of smell is an amazing function in vertebrate animals. Even the human nose, which is not particularly notable in comparison wit...

As an update to the previous post where I have shared the details on how to "Tasmotize" this device , I am adding more detail on w...

The Espressif Systems chip manufacturer kind of created a revolution by opening the door to the creation of dirt cheap chips for buildin...

I finished the first post with  a tone of optimism, in spite of not being quite there yet. But this time I'm bringing the complete story...

In my quest to make my house smarter, but still looking forward to keep having control over it, I have been doing some additions which I pla...

This is a quick post on a challenge I had to overcome while integrating my SmartTV (an LG TV 55UJ620V) with Hass.io. I wanted Hass.io ...

For some time I have been gradually bringing more devices to my house, which are either designed or having features allowing these to be int...

I had an old Samsung Galaxy Y (GT-S5360) which the previous user didn't particularly enjoy for its performance and replaced with a fanci...