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I love when folks combine technologies in a new domain and get neat results. This is a great little demo and probably a cool way to force yourself to learn the
by jcims 6y ago
I love when folks combine technologies in a new domain and get neat results. This is a great little demo and probably a cool way to force yourself to learn the related technologies.
My first thought was that this could be pretty easily commercialized, which meant someone has probably already done it:
https://www.twinkly.com/ https://www.twinkly.com/
Here's the setup, actually seems like a pretty nice UX - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMJ3bLBtGaQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMJ3bLBtGaQ
Edit: They sell them at BestBuy, brb lol
- rbliss 6y agoI picked up a set of Twinkly lights this year and liked them so much I got a few more sets to give as gifts. The API appears to be local network accessible and there are a couple libraries written in python and node for playing around with them. The mobile app is decent, with a few bugs, but it does include a cool mapping feature to map the layout of lights so the effects work correctly. Definitely would recommend checking them out.
- jcims 6y agoJust got back and set them up. It's not cheap but it's a lot of fun!! My daughter now has a rainbow Christmas tree.
- isoprophlex 6y agoIs the 3D mapping that the app gives you available in the python libs? Eg. can you put the lights into a tree, get the coordinates with the app, and then continue hacking around with those libraries?
- BillinghamJ 6y agoWe have these on our office tree - bought them from John Lewis in the UK. Was very happy to find something like that as I felt Christmas decorations had been left behind in the smart home thing a bit
- mhh__ 6y ago> Christmas decorations had been left behind in the smart home thing That's very true, but equally does it matter? Currently, these products are usually so un-seamless so setup and faff around with that I was seriously considering just making my own with some ESP32s I had lying around.
- BillinghamJ 6y agoDoesn't need to be super clever etc for sure, but I'd certainly be happy if there could be a Philips Hue set. Or tbh even just something basic for turning them on/off would be at least slightly helpful
- netsharc 6y agoSmart home, eh... looking forward to the news that Russian hackers infiltrated some secure infrastructure through their IoT Christmas tree...
- jsinai 6y agoIt’s more than a bit creepy how Twinkly actively show locations of where setups have been mapped around the world, and even creepier that they show the time of the last device mapped. Sure it might be innocuous but are there other things that can be collected? If anyone has this, is it possible to opt out.