Abstract Today we are definitively getting to a point where it becomes challenging to draw the line between a household product being bought...

Ever since I became owner of a swimming pool, a whole new set of chores and responsibilites were unlocked. Some are the repeating manual tas...

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...

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...

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...