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Philips Hue LED Light strips 50% off if you use code HOME25 at checkout
Buy Philips Hue Lightstrip Plus 2m LED Light Strips Kit at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Light bulbs, Lighting, Home and garden.
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostDoes the tech exist for one to do this themself if they're into that... e.g. buy light fittings and radiator valves, etc, which have facility for low voltage control and then build a rig using RaspPi/Arduino?
Not that I've looked in detail into the stuff available but it seems you have to buy into one ecosystem or another, and you're paying for branding and sleek design when possibly you just want a way to control everything over WiFi?
Building your own smart-home, writing your own software could be a really fun project for a real nerd.
Conrad are a good supplier.
eQ-3 MAX! Affordable Wireless Heating Control with your Smartphone or Raspberry Pi | Automated Home
When Wink gets over here
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And Smartthings
if you want to tinker then Vera system. Plenty of support & plug ins.
Vera3 Advanced Smart Home Controller ▾ Vera™
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FYI Peeps
Philips Hue bulbs and LED strips currently selling at about 25% discount on Amazon
there was a stand at Grand Designs last week, with 10% discount I spent about £250 then
just spent another £220
think this take me to 9 bulbs, 9 metres of LED and a switch thingy
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Originally posted by filthy1980 View Postinteresting point if you automate your home security with IoT devices,
how long before the criminals realise that all they need to do is cut your incoming internet connection and your home is no longer protected
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interesting point if you automate your home security with IoT devices,
how long before the criminals realise that all they need to do is cut your incoming internet connection and your home is no longer protected
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And this is all thanks to you lot buying crappy IoT devices.
Today the web was broken by countless hacked devices – your 60-second summary
Flashpoint has confirmed that some of the infrastructure responsible for the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against Dyn DNS were botnets compromised by Mirai malware. Mirai botnets were previously used in DDoS attacks against security researcher Brian Krebs’ blog “Krebs On Security” and French internet service and hosting provider OVH. Mirai malware targets Internet of Things (IoT) devices like routers, digital video records (DVRs), and webcams/security cameras, enslaving vast numbers of these devices into a botnet, which is then used to conduct DDoS attacks. Flashpoint has confirmed that at least some of the devices used in the Dyn DNS attacks are DVRs, further matching the technical indicators and tactics, techniques, and procedures associated with previous known Mirai botnet attacks.
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Originally posted by vwdan View PostHow long did you have it running? Took mine a good couple of weeks to learn.
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I had to switch the true radiant feature off. Takes like half an hour to get to 20c yet it continually was switching he heating on 90 minutes out.
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Originally posted by woohoo View PostWell I'm on holiday and looks like the router/internet is down so I cant see my camera, smoke alarms or plugs.
Hopefully I've not been burgled or the house isn't on fire
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Well I'm on holiday and looks like the router/internet is down so I cant see my camera, smoke alarms or plugs.
Hopefully I've not been burgled or the house isn't on fire
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