Sciences & Technology

You don't need an expensive Nest to connect your home to the Internet of Things.

"The connected home, the ultimate ideal in technology-driven luxury, promises easy living by passing along our drudgery to computers. But it’s not perfect.

Even if you’re willing to shell out for expensive devices for your house, are you willing to trust them? There’s always the concern that when a middleman is involved, you’re relinquishing at least some control of your own domain.

In that case, why not roll your own connected home? ..."

"Meet Arduino, the tiny microcontroller that’s good at doing what your computer can’t.

The computers we use every day are powerful, but they’re terrible at knowing what’s going on around them. Your laptop isn’t exactly equipped to sense light or moisture, for example. Arduino, on the other hand, is specifically designed to stay keyed in to the outside world. It’s equipped with a board full of inputs and outputs for sensors to simplify communication..."

certains mouvements expérimentent d’autres manières de concevoir et d’utiliser les objets de la vie courante.L’open hardware (ou matériel ouvert) en est un exemple concret. Mouvement comparable à celui du logiciel libre, l’open hardware chamboule le monde de la conception du matériel électronique. Là où les sociétés avaient l’habitude de garder secrets les plans électroniques, les programmes, les nomenclatures de pièces et tous les brevets, les défenseurs du matériel ouvert prônent le partage.