Published inIoT Tidbits#006 — Have you heard of MQTT 5 yet?In this follow-up post to #004, we are going to take a look at what’s new with the MQTT5 spec, and in the process learn more low footprint…Apr 28, 2018Apr 28, 2018
Published inIoT Tidbits#005 — Amazon and the Smart HomeAmazon missed out on smartphones. They aren’t going to miss out on connected smart home appliances. They are churning out Internet…Oct 25, 2017Oct 25, 2017
Published inIoT Tidbits#004 — Understanding MQTT 3.1MQTT 5 recently reached the 'working draft' stage. When going through the new stuff that’s coming through, I realized that although I have…Oct 22, 2017Oct 22, 2017
Amazon and all the rooms in the worldAmazon recently launched the following —Sep 30, 2017Sep 30, 2017
Published inIoT Tidbits#003 — Smart Home Skills: Linking Lambda functionsIn this follow up post to #002, we will see how to associate an AWS Lambda function with a Smart Home Skill and test it using the mobile…Mar 17, 2017Mar 17, 2017
Published inIoT Tidbits#002 — Smart Home Skills: OAuth for signing inIn this post, we will talk about using an existing OAuth 2 service provider with a Smart Home Skill.Mar 9, 2017Mar 9, 2017
Published inIoT Tidbits#001 — Getting Started with Alexa Voice ServiceAlexa is the leader of the pack when it comes to providing a voice assistant as a service. It can very easily be integrated into your…Mar 3, 2017Mar 3, 2017
My fitness apps think I am cycling (I’m not)TL;DR Fitness apps and my Pebble mistake a motorcycle ride home as a fitness activity. This is a quick bug report.Jan 20, 20171Jan 20, 20171
Published inPune.ioPune’s growth in numbers (1981–2011)Pune has taken a bold step forward by being the first Indian city to create it’s own open data portal. This is a welcome move as there will…Oct 12, 2016Oct 12, 2016
Standardisation for micro-controllers96 boards is a great idea. For those of you familiar with it, skip to the next section. It’s an open-platform specification for 32 and 64…Oct 5, 2016Oct 5, 2016
