Episode 18

Internet of Things

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June 29th, 2022

30 mins 10 secs

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About this Episode

How has the Internet of Things changed how we build internet connected devices, and does this approach sometimes overly complicated things? Hosts James and Josh discuss the world of IoT, its real world applications and some of the pitfalls projects fall into.

  • 00 - History of IoT
  • 01 - Anything can be connected via a ESP32 controller
  • 02 - ‘Making things more complex than they need to’
  • 03 - Petnet IoT Cat Feeder
  • 04 - A Single point of failure ‘Starve your cat as a service’
  • 05 - Street lights in Aberdeen & how they store the schedule on the light
  • 06 - IoT Dependencies
  • 07 - Ring / Canary / Nest
  • 08 - Nest works standalone off Wifi
  • 09 - Smart Bins for N Yorkshire Council
  • 12 - ‘Smart’ Plugs - hot wire toaster
  • 13 - Asthma Studies
  • 14 - Security & updating IoT devices
  • 19 - Boring SSL - Less config the better
  • 19 - Apple pass key + Signal
  • 22 - Avoiding DDOSSing yourself

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