TBH I've not seen many "internet of things" things I felt the need to own. I'm looking for recommendations as I'd like to start getting first-hand experience of the opportunities and challenges, but I'm still struggling to find any products that would meet some basic criteria:
1) actual not vaporware thing that I can buy/assemble. I'm happy to DIY but my making time for these projects is limited 2) reasonably affordable 3) either actually useful or if frivolous at least sufficiently fun and/or interesting to justify the cost 4) technically interesting - putting another box on my wifi network isn't going to teach me anything new, but seeing how it plays out to manage 5) Already interoperable, or with the potential to be In terms of real utility, I've had a few things in mind, eg: * I'm interested in adding sensors to monitor soil moisture and temperature in the garden, and down the road maybe trip solenoids to water automatically. * per-room / non-central heating. I'm thinking a thermostat of sorts that plugs into a main outlet, that I can plug a small electric heater into? * smarter light bulbs - sure, why not. But which are going to be most hackable? * etc. .. but I'll consider any suggestions you have. thanks, /Sam
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