Imagine a home that not only responds to your commands but also sees, understands, and acts on its own. With the integration of AI vision into the Home Assistant platform, this futuristic scenario is ...

Have you ever looked at an old, broken phone and thought, “This is just e-waste now”? What if that seemingly useless device could be transformed into something surprisingly powerful—a functional home ...

The Home Automation with Bluetooth project is a beginner-friendly yet practical embedded systems project that allows control of home appliances using a Bluetooth interface. In this project, I used ...

Technology is becoming more and more user-friendly. You don’t need to buy on an expensive Bluetooth speaker just to boost your iPhone or iPad audio. If you already own a Google Home or Nest Mini, ...

We love Arduino here at Hackaday; they’ve probably done more to make embedded programming accessible to more people than anything else in the history of the field. One thing the Arduino ecosystem is ...

Developed in partnership with Finder, Arduino Opta combines industrial-grade reliability with the flexibility of the Arduino ecosystem. Whether upgrading legacy systems or deploying new automation ...

SparkFun has just launched the “IoT RedBoard – RP2350” and “IoT RedBoard – ESP32” boards with Arduino UNO R4 form factor based on respectively Raspberry Pi RP2350B + RM2 wireless module and ...

Home automation has transformed the way we interact with our living spaces, bringing convenience, security, and energy efficiency to our daily lives. From controlling lights and appliances remotely to ...

Kat Thompson is the associate editor of Eater at Home, covering home cooking and baking, cookbooks, and kitchen gadgets. In warm climates with plenty of sun, lemongrass grows like a weed. Such is the ...

The thought that wooden cutting boards hold bacteria longer may not be true—in fact, the plastic cutting board in your kitchen could be doing more harm than good, an expert told Newsweek. Chemical ...

Intelligent automation is more than just a buzzword. It represents the fusion of AI and automation and emphasizes the importance of thoughtfully orchestrating every process from start to finish. While ...

The Waveshare ESP32-P4-Nano is a tiny, inexpensive, low-power development board powered by a dual-core RISC-V processor. Available now from Waveshare or AliExpress for around $19 and up, the little ...