I'm a 29 year old UIUC Computer Engineer building mobile apps, websites and hardware integrations with an interest in 3D printing, biotechnology and Arduinos.
IR Codes for Insignia TV Remote NS-RC4NA-14
I’m currently working on a project that will create an small ultra cheap IoT device that will link to Alexa or Google Home to allow you to control any IR device with your voice. Its in the ballpark of what a Logitech Harmony Hub can do but for a fraction of the cost. In doing that I needed to get the IR codes of my [...]
2017 IoT Summit Chicago Summary
Quotes Who owns the data collected by IoT devices? It seems the majority of speakers said the data is owned by the customer, but the bigger question is who has access to use the data. Legally most IoT companies bury their legal access to the data in the EULA which often are not read or understood by end users. Vendor to vendor [...]
Setting up IPv6 on AWS
I used to think that IPv6 is mostly a concern for ISPs and hosting companies to enable and once they do, everything in their system will start using it. Turns out, it isn’t that simple. How the internet hasn’t really felt much of effect of this is a little beyond me because IPv4 exhaustion occurred in the beginning [...]
Using Twilight for automatic late night TV dimming
I watch a lot of streaming tv and constantly fight myself if I should watch just one more episode before bed. Quickly I find myself in the early AM hours wondering how I got there. Unfortunately looking at LED screens encourages staying up late because of the light temperature that comes off the tv is very blue-ish (6000K). Our [...]
Get a Notification When Your WAN IP Changes
Home residential internet connections have dynamic public IP addresses that can change whenever the DHCP lease expires. But from my experience, I’ve had the same IP for months, so I was curious when they actually do change and if there is anything you can do anything to trigger a change (i.e. power cycling)? I started [...]