InEngineering IoTbyPieter Geelen·Mar 7The Art of Upcycling Electronics: Turning a Google Nest Mini into a Hi‑Fi Smart SpeakerIf you’ve ever used a Google Nest Mini as a music speaker, you know the feeling: the Assistant understands you beautifully, but the sound…
InEngineering IoTbyPieter Geelen·Mar 7Why Expertise Gets Lost in Big Companies (And How to Fight It)I recently took apart a Google Nest Mini to improve its audio and touch performance. On paper, the device works fine: it plays music…
InCode, Procedure and RantsbyPedro Vicente·Feb 20Trigger an Alert when Internet or Electricity goes down at home (via Google Home)For a while now I have been playing around with several automations across the house.
Jiti·Feb 7Intégrer un PC dans un système domotique : le parcours du combattant pour allumer un ordinateur à…Chez moi, la domotique n’est pas un gadget. C’est quelque chose qui fait partie du quotidien, au même titre que l’éclairage ou le…
Bryan Cruse·Dec 7, 2025I Fired Google Home. Here’s How I Built a Private Replacement.Google Home and I had a good run. But the privacy trade-off stopped making sense.
John M. Kuchta·Nov 2, 2025Even with Gemini for Home, Google still doesn’t know what to do with Google Home and NestGoogle just launched Gemini for Home, and since I have more than a few Nest cameras, I’ve have had a chance to try out the features and…
John M. Kuchta·Nov 2, 2025I figured out the Google Home/One AI/Nest Aware fiasco so you don’t have toGoogle recently revamped their Nest product line (including new doorbells) and mixed up their subscriptions. If you’re already a Nest Aware…
InEngineering IoTbyPieter Geelen·Jul 1, 2025Why You Can’t Use Your Own OpenThread Border Router with Google, Apple, or Amazon 😠As Thread and Matter evolve into key technologies in the smart home space, many developers and systems integrators are looking to build…A response icon1A response icon1
Leonardo Cavagnis·Jan 9, 2025Retrofitting with Matter 💡: How to Make Any Device SmartTransforming an old lamp into a Smart Home device using Arduino Nano MatterA response icon4A response icon4
