Hacker News with Generative AI: Home Automation

Show HN: Open-source private home security camera system (end-to-end encryption) (github.com/privastead)
Privastead is a privacy-preserving home security camera solution that uses end-to-end encryption.

Open Source, Security, Privacy, Home Automation, Hardware

525 points by arrdalan 3 days ago | 160 comments

My Dream Thermostat (leontrolski.github.io)
Is this too much to ask?

Home Automation, DIY, Personal Projects

27 points by leontrolski 12 days ago | 26 comments

Installed an open source garage door opener, and I'm loving it (arstechnica.com)
Like Ars Senior Technology Editor Lee Hutchinson, I have a garage. The door on that garage is opened and closed by a device made by a company that, as with Lee's, offers you a way to open and close it with a smartphone app. But that app doesn't work with my preferred home automation system, Home Assistant, and also looks and works like an app made by a garage door company.

Home Automation, Open Source, Garage Doors

141 points by ChumpGPT 18 days ago | 66 comments

Who Is Eric Wayne?: An Unsolved IoT Mystery (the-brannons.com)
I was capturing traffic being sent to my Raspberry Pi today, attempting to debug a SIP problem. And I noticed a really weird packet from someone’s Google Home Max on my network:

Security, Networking, Home Automation

15 points by todsacerdoti 20 days ago | 1 comments

Show HN: rallyup – Lightweight Wake-on-LAN Scheduler (github.com/darwindarak)
rallyup is a lightweight Wake-On-LAN (WOL) scheduler and dependency manager designed for small businesses and homelabs.

Software, Networking, Home Automation, Scheduling, Open Source

141 points by darwindarak 28 days ago | 25 comments

Notify a Slack room when Sonos music is playing too loud (github.com/SageBrushes)
This Python script monitors Sonos speakers on your network, adjusts their volume if it exceeds a specified maximum, and sends notifications to a Slack channel when the volume is adjusted.

Home Automation, Python, Slack, Sonos

36 points by donnik 70 days ago | 56 comments

Building an e-ink weather display for our home (kimmo.blog)
We almost always want to know today's weather before leaving the apartment. Often the whole event is quite a hassle: getting our daughter dressed, finding all our personal outwear, plus trying to find your phone to check the weather. To make the experience 1% better, the solution obviously needs engineering.

Home Automation, DIY Projects, Weather, Smart Home

6 points by srid 72 days ago | 0 comments

Filtered for home robots, fast and slow (interconnected.org)
This robot arm can do your tidying up.

Robotics, Home Automation, Artificial Intelligence

37 points by surprisetalk 74 days ago | 26 comments

The Rise of Self-Cleaning, Cat-Killing Litter Boxes (hackaday.com)
Machines that automate the various tedious tasks that come with being a servant in a cat’s household — like feeding and cleaning Mr. Fluffles’ litter box — are generally a godsend, as they ensure a happy cat and a happy human. That is, unless said litter box-cleaning robot kills said cat.

Robotics, Pets, Home Automation, Cat Care

10 points by howard941 77 days ago | 0 comments

Home Assistant Presence Simulation (github.com/slashback100)

Home Automation, Software, Security

144 points by edward 97 days ago | 100 comments

LLM Vision is a Home Assistant add on: I've automated bin night alerts (reddit.com)

Home Automation, Artificial Intelligence

13 points by edward 103 days ago | 0 comments

Apple Aiming to Launch Tabletop Robotic Home Device as Soon as 2026 (macrumors.com)

Robotics, Apple, Consumer Electronics, Home Automation

18 points by pandemicsyn 111 days ago | 13 comments

Automating my gate door via a smart relay (arslan.io)