Immersive TV and the IOT
One of the things those clever chaps at the BBC R&D are considering is the transmission of extra metadata alongside the programmes, whether on broadcast channels or over the net. This gave me an...
View ArticleCoronavirus and cavemen
It seems only a few years ago that, when I walked around my house, the lights wouldn’t turn on automatically! For younger readers, I should explain that in the past you actually had to go to a...
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Activating Home Automations using NFC tags on iOS
Now that I have a shiny new iPhone, I’ve realised that I can finally start playing with NFC tags, and, in particular, they can do interesting things around the house by making them trigger actions in...
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House of the Future
Some people may consider my fondness for home automation to be a frivolous pursuit. Well, let me tell you this… Tonight, as I left the excellent Chinese take-away a few miles from my house,...
View ArticleDumb switches and smart lights?
Almost all of our lights are now ‘smart’: controllable by software, timers, motion sensors etc as well as switches. If you’ve done this, though, you’ll know there’s a problem: how do you stop people...
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