Fake news is a fact these days. You can win elections (see Trump) , you can invade neighbours (see Ukraine), you can crash a stock value or increase a stock value all aided by fake news. In an interesting article from Scientific American When the Big Lie Meets Big Data we see that the same… Read More: #Fakenews : is #Matrix already born ? »
A must read about how big data and artificial intelligence influences and will influence society. It is a series of articles in one feature article that tries to tackle the new big data revolution that is coming. I like how it touches the controversy of “big nudge” (influencing choise through the big data). This is… Read More: Blog Links: Scientific American “Will Democracy Survive Big Data and… »
It is very important for me to monitor the climate in the house. The solution that I have chosen is the Netatmo Weather Station for Smartphones Amazon DE , Amazon UK , Amazon US features: – main sensor that measures temperature, CO2 levels, humidity and noise levels. – indoor sensors that measure temperature, CO2 levels… Read More: IoT: House climate monitoring »
Is not enough to monitor the house you need something for the car also. He er the solution has two components: – the hardware: Bluetooth Diagnose Interface Software ELM-327 Canbus OBD 2 Plugs Car – the software: Dash – Drive Smart The hardware is a simple OBD device that I keep plugged in my OBD… Read More: IoT: Car monitoring »
An IoT house alarm is just great. You get all the control and monitoring from a mobile device you always carry around. I have chosen as a solution: iSmartAlarm ISA3G Home Security Alarm System Features: – has a build in node station with siren – supports contact sensors: iSmartAlarm Accessories – Contact Sensor – supports… Read More: IoT: House Alarm »
This is one of the best applications for IoT devices and I think one of the first applications I know of. An intelligent thermostat that controls the heating in the house. My solution is based on NETATMO Thermostat for Smartphone/NTH01 NetAtmo web based dashboard: NetAtmo monthly report: Features: – is compatible with any gas heater… Read More: IoT: House climate control »
There are old devices that do not have the logic in them so they are not intelligent devices. This legacy hardware can be controlled using intelligent power sockets. My solution was to get a bunch of Belkin WEMO sockets. They are fully supported by IFTTT so lost of nice use for them. I use them… Read More: IoT: Intelligent power sockets »
If you really want to monitor everything that includes you also, the human. The easiest monitoring is done using the smart phone. Obviously a smart phone is fully IFTTT compatible and has a lots of location and notification sensors already included. It is also one of the notification and control hubs for the other IFTTT… Read More: IoT: Human monitoring »
The IoT (internet of things) is one of the new craze around. There are so many interesting devices but also many useless devices that are part of the IoT universe that it can be confusing. To try to list bellow my IoT collection of devices and say some words about them. House Alarm: IoT: House… Read More: My IoT setup »
The ripple effect of virtual assistants is something that appeared as an idea in a lot of SF movies. Think about Terminator or A.I. where we see this kind of ripple effect that starts from one A. I. and then ripples through all the A.I.s like a wave and washed everything including the human civilization.… Read More: Blog Links: The ripple effect of virtual assistants and inteligent… »