This is what I’ve been working on for last months at #CVUTFEL – electronic door sign for classrooms. 10.2" e-ink display, ESPink #ESP32 board from #Laskakit, battery (for some), a custom case, firmware and control server. Receives images via MQTT, sends telemetry back. #IoT

The case was designed in FreeCAD and printed it on Prusa MK3S and Prusa Core One. Firmware is built on Arduino SDK with patched GxEPD2_4G lib. Control server is written in TypeScript and runs on NodeJS. It renders screens to 2-bit grayscale PNG and sends via Mosquitto.

The price is ~115 EUR of you order the e-ink display and battery directly from China.

Most of this is my work, from the hardware up to the control server and also monitoring. It’s a very interesting project, a nice change from what I normally do because it’s a physical object. :)

This batch is 32 pieces and they will be installed mainly in Dejvice this month.

Yet another example of a 'Smart device' company deciding that - No. You Don't actually Own The Thing.

"Smart home device maker Futurehome is forcing its customers’ hands by suddenly requiring a subscription for basic functionality of its products.

“You lose access to controlling devices, configuring; automations, modes, shortcuts, and energy services,” a company FAQ page says." - ArsTechnica

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0…

#SmartDevice #SmartHub #IOT

Futurehome smart hub owners must pay new $117 subscription or lose access

The connected devices now only work manually without a subscription.

^{Scharon Harding (Ars Technica)}

No more builds breaking without notice.

I wanted to play with home automation for a while now so yesterday I bought a few lights in Ikea, fired up a Home Assistant and made a webhook that I added to my GitLab, so...

#ScreenshotSaturday #GitLab #HomeAssistant #SmartHome #Ikea #IoT #InternetOfThings #CI #CD #CICD #Linux #funny

Die @openhomefoundation freut sich übrigens über Sprachschnipsel eurer Stimme. Es soll nur "OK NABU" eingesprochen werden, also viel einfacher als etwa bei #commonvoice
Gerne so viele unterschiedliche Sprecher wie möglich, damit später dies wakeword zuverlässig erkannt wird
ohf-voice.github.io/wake-word-…

#stt #stimme #voice #nabu #crowdsourcing #commons #nlp #ml #homeassistant #hass #iot #smarthome

Say it with me...
Network vulnerability!!!

A quick story/rant.. my cousin got my mother a new coffee maker. I don't expect my mom to use the WiFi functionality, but I'm still concerned about why we would need a whole coffee maker to have a small computer in it... I understand the versatility of not having a hub, and that hubs are also a single point of access for any malicious actors, but I'm sure a hub for multiple devices instead of a thing for a coffee maker would be updated much more frequently, and supported for longer.
If nothing else, maybe I can pull it into my janky Home Assistant setup somehow.

Even if it doesn't end up being a gateway for snooping on home network, it is quite silly, in my opinion.
Now, I must go check to see if anyone's hacked at these yet lol...

#NetSec #Networking #cybersecurity #cybersec #IoT #smarthome #coffee #keurig #hacking

This piece is worth reading if you’re in tech criticism or infosec/cybersecurity and are being asked for commentary on IoT and smart home devices.

People aren’t foolish for using IoT or for wanting things to be easier in their homes. This tech makes positive and meaningful change for people of all kinds of abilities. It’s valid to worry about the privacy or security issues that IoT is riddled with, but don’t draw a direct line from there to blaming the user - some people have no alternatives that don’t involve giving up independent access to their own homes and lives. Everyone deserves to live in ways that fit their needs.

Instead, join the push to hold manufacturers and providers to account for poor security and privacy practices. Advocate for better, more respectful and accessible default configurations. Help people understand how to anticipate and mitigate the worst of these issues when they’re setting things up, and give them power and agency over their home systems.

We all deserve to have tech that works for us, in all the ways that matters.

#accessibility
#a11y #infosec
#cybersecurity
#iot #smarthome

theverge.com/24080201/smart-ho…

How smart home technology made my home more accessible

Using one’s phone or voice to flip a light switch may be convenient since you don’t need to get up. For the author and other disabled people, this makes it accessible.

^{Steven Aquino (The Verge)}

A long pending post from @sanchayan on how we implemented ALSA compress offload support in @pipewire

asymptotic.io/blog/pipewire-co…

#PipeWire #LinuxAudio #Linux #audio #embedded #IOT

✅ Staff able to watch customers in the bathroom?
✅ Obviously shabby infosec?
✅ Training AI as an excuse for data retention?

🕵🏽 No surprise here: "#Amazon Ring, Alexa accused of every nightmare #IoT #security fail you can imagine" #privacy

theregister.com/2023/06/01/ftc…

Amazon Ring, Alexa accused of every nightmare IoT security fail you can imagine

Staff able to watch customers in the bathroom? Tick! Obviously shabby infosec? Tick! Training AI as an excuse for data retention? Tick!

^{Simon Sharwood (The Register)}

In San Francisco Autonomous Cars Assist 24/7 'round the clock Surveillance

#SurveillanceCapitalism #privacy #News #SmartCity #IoT #California #InternetOfThings #SanFrancisco
theregister.com/2022/05/16/in_…

San Francisco police use driverless cars for surveillance

Plus: Tech giants commit $30m to open-source security, miscreants breach DEA portal, and US signs cybercrime treaty

^{Jessica Lyons Hardcastle (The Register)}