Bye Bye ICT-WG!
Umzugswagen fahren vor – es wird gepackt, gepoltert und gelacht. Erst seit wenigen Tagen gehören Oli, Abi und George zur Geschichte der ICT-WG. Ich habe sie noch einmal getroffen und nebst einem...
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Home Automation: A Consumer Market Analysis
In 1867, Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin described in his book „Le Prieuré“ a few initial concepts of home automation. How to count the number of visitors, how to count the number of letters in his...
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Ein Vogelhaus für die Swisscom ICT-WG
Obwohl es momentan auch bei uns in der Swisscom ICT-WG noch sommerlich warm ist, habe ich für mein letztes Projekt bereits an die kalten Jahreszeiten gedacht und ein smartes Vogelhaus gebaut. Die Idee...
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Geofencing for the masses!
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons have been around for some time now, and ever since their launch at WWDC 2013, there has been much hype in the media about their tremendous potential for...
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Smarter Zeiger für die ICT-WG
Ein kleinerer Teil meiner Arbeit bei Swisscom besteht aus dem Organisieren von internen TechTalks. Vor knapp zwei Wochen organisierte ich einen hands-on Event mit Thomas Amberg. Die Teilnehmenden (mich...
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The Force at your Hands
A few weeks ago we presented you the Thinkook, an EEG based cooking aid, that allows to control a computer with your thoughts, while you are using both hands for cooking. But since the Emotiv Epoc EEG...
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Agile Hardware Development
If you have an idea for a new hardware product, you usually prototype it using a cheap developer platform, such as the Arduino or the Raspberry Pi. You augment with the extension boards and sensors...
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7 simple smart home use cases using the smart button Flic
During the last months we have been developing our own smart home gadgets and especially during our Gadget Weeks @ ICT-WG we have tried out many existing solutions. When it comes to shaping the flat...
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I know what you did in the ICT-WG
Smart home solutions produce a lot of data with their sensors and so is the case for the various smart home systems we have in our shared apartment. Fortunately, most of the systems do not store the...
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Project 365d – Zwischenbericht aus der Swisscom ICT-WG
Seit vergangener Woche sucht Swisscom drei Nachfolger/innen für das einmalige Project 365d, weswegen wir an dieser Stelle kurz über unsere Erfahrungen während den vergangenen 8 Monaten berichten....
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Thinkook: the kitchen aid you control by wishful thinking!
The problem Cooking is a messy business: ingredients, cutting boards and sauce pans everywhere. An extra degree of complexity is added if, while cooking, you wish to interact with your favorite...
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Bulbs, bulbs and more bulbs
For our gadget weeks, we also got different kind of smart bulbs, which we then tested in the course of this occasion. Since I did not wanted to overload the “Gadget Weeks” blog posts, I am giving you...
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The power of the mind
Have you ever wished you could change the world around you just by using the power of your thoughts? Well, you have already been doing that all your life: our body is the amazing, complicated...
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Zu Besuch im neuen Swisscom Trend Store
Heute möchte ich über einen kleinen WG Ausflug in den brandneuen Swisscom Trend Store berichten. Diesen haben wir nicht zufällig gemacht. Im Januar habe ich auf Kickstarter, Indiegogo und verschiedenen...
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This was “Gadget Weeks” vol. 1!
During the past three weeks Abi, George and Oli from P365d have tested over 20 smart home gadgets. Since the last day of the “Gadget Weeks” was last Thursday, I decided to make a visit for an interview...
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Gadget Weeks: Last but not least
It never hurts getting to know more gadgets available on the market. The last batch of gadgets to be reviewed in the frame of Gadget Weeks happens to include some of the most interesting ones. A...
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The Smart Home Hub from Far North
Cozify is a smart home hub from Finland that supports different radio standards and connects sensors from various manufacturers into one seamlessly working entity. Cozify can be controlled from...
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Gadget Weeks Part #4
During the last few days I have tried out six very different gadgets, which I would like to present. All of them were so exciting that I could write an own blog entry about each product. However, I...
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A watchful eye at home
The first gadgets I got to review as part of our Gadget Weeks project were two surveillance, or, to use the slightly less off-putting term, “home security” cameras. Now, to a few of us who have read a...
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It’s a Router… It’s a Smart Home Hub…
It’s Securifi’s Almond+ (plus) that unifies two essential components of a smart home. A powerful router and a smart home hub that supports the two widespread home automation standards. With future...
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