Since my previous Philips Hue rip-off did fairly well on Thingiverse, Reddit and YouTube, I’ve been thinking about a new video to make in the same directions. Lo and behold, a new rip-off video, this time of the Philips Hue…
Since I’m into making lights lately, I made a new one. Obviously most of the work was done by this guy on Thingiverse, but I did add a Raspberry Pi Zero with a Unicorn HAT for the fancy light effects.…
Philips recently launched the Hue Signe. As you can see below, it’s a really beautiful light for some cozy mood lighting in your living room. Sadly, it’s also quite expensive. I wasn’t ready to shell out 270 euro’s to have…
You probably know about Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant and Cortana, the voice-activated assistants from Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft respectively. These pieces of software on your phone or dedicated speaker in your home enable you to check your calendar, switch…
You might have read my earlier tutorial on how to measure your rain water tank with an Arduino. If you haven’t, this tutorial is based on that one and will assume some ground knowledge from that post. I’ll try to link…
All new Belgian homes are outfitted with a rain water tank (een regenwaterput, as we call it) these days. Which is a really neat way to save on water, since you can use it for things like flushing toilets or…
Disclaimer: This post was written quite a while ago. Since then, Joylent has stepped up their game massively. They added a bunch of flavors, shipping is way faster, the powder comes in pretty bags, powder is much less grainy, etc…
People have been finding the coolest ways to use a Raspberry Pi, the 35 dollar computer that’s been driving the geeks wild for a while now. I myself turned it into a media center and taped it to the back…
In een vorige blogpost ging ik reeds dieper in op het Dropbox platform, deze keer een leuke tip om het ten volle te kunnen gebruiken. Zo krijg je in een standaard Dropbox-account 2GB ter beschikking om bestanden online te bewaren,…