Smartthings Control via Amazon Dash Button

Intro Previously, I had shown you how to hack your Amazon dash button and use it for other things. I recently discovered that Smartthings has a REST API. I love REST APIs because it abstracts a lot of the technologies between manufacturers and allows you to do all sorts of automation. What we’re going to…

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Analytics on your keyboard? Why not?

Intro I’ve owned a Razer keyboard for a while now. I’ve always loved the fact that the keys light up according to the context of the application. For the most part this means that the keyboard will react to context. Amongst the supported apps there is one cool Adobe Photoshop integration, but mostly it’s games.…

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Create a visual and audio notifier

In one of my previous posts, I had shown you how to hack an Amazon dash button to do whatever you want. In our case, we had it so that it alerted us via SMS and Telegram. But what if we want to be visually alerted as well as by sound? Alexa will soon open…

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