Bending various proprietary devices to our will is a hacker’s rite of passage. When it comes to proprietary wall sockets, we’d often reverse-engineer and emulate their protocol – but you can ...

[Reza’s] methodical investigation of this remote controlled outlet let him patch in with an Arduino using a 433 MHz transmitter. This is a single-device unit, but the techniques used here should allow ...

Simply plug and play. No need for WIFI connection, smartphone, or smarthome device. Use with your lights, fans, radios, and small appliances. With a touch of a button, you can light up a dark basement ...

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No need to get out of bed anymore to shut the lights off at night, or to turn on the AC or heater, just stay under your cozy covers and command your home with the touch of a button. During those ...