This sounds like a potential Kickstarter project idea. A generic version, perhaps a pack of stickers to put on devices symbolizing misc. everyday things.
How I Hacked Amazon’s $5 WiFi Button
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#12This sounds like a potential Kickstarter project idea. A generic version, perhaps a pack of stickers to put on devices symbolizing misc. everyday things.
The Flic button did just that, except it uses bluetooth instead of wireless. https://flic.io/
The extra usability and generic-ness means it'll cost you $35 vs $5 for a branded WiFi button.
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#13I could see this being a useful tool when trying to form good habits. Brush teeth? push the button. Get a fresh glass of water from the fridge? push the button. When analyzing other aspects of my life such as spending, I have tools to show me what I've done in the past, and those tools can help me improve (e.g. spending reports). This is admittedly reactionary, but I find it useful nonetheless. Track enough other "st…
That's exactly what I plan on using mine for. It makes logging actions so much faster. I would love to just have a smartwatch with a set of about 12 or so buttons that correspond to a specific action, but that will take time to happen, if at all.
If you don't mind pulling your phone out, IFTTT launched a new app called Do that just lets you push a button to "do" something on one of their channels. They have pre-made recipes for putting the current time into Google Spreadsheets etc. https://ifttt.com/recipes/227069-track-your-work-hours
I think IFTTT is working on a Pebble app as well, but it hasn't launched.
Re: How I Hacked Amazon’s $5 WiFi Button
#14This sounds like a potential Kickstarter project idea. A generic version, perhaps a pack of stickers to put on devices symbolizing misc. everyday things.
The Flic button did just that, except it uses bluetooth instead of wireless. https://flic.io/ The extra usability and generic-ness means it'll cost you $35 vs $5 for a branded WiFi button.
How cheap could these get? Which would be cheaper, bluetooth or wifi?
Amazon obviously can subsidize via product sales.
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#15I could see this being a useful tool when trying to form good habits. Brush teeth? push the button. Get a fresh glass of water from the fridge? push the button. When analyzing other aspects of my life such as spending, I have tools to show me what I've done in the past, and those tools can help me improve (e.g. spending reports). This is admittedly reactionary, but I find it useful nonetheless. Track enough other "st…
That's exactly what I plan on using mine for. It makes logging actions so much faster. I would love to just have a smartwatch with a set of about 12 or so buttons that correspond to a specific action, but that will take time to happen, if at all.
Check out Nuimo[1]. It's a small programmable device featuring a simple LED matrix style display while supporting multiple types of interactions. I could even see this in use at factories for ordering supplies for a specific machine or calling service technicians to it.
[1] http://senic.com
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#16This sounds like a potential Kickstarter project idea. A generic version, perhaps a pack of stickers to put on devices symbolizing misc. everyday things.
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#17I could see this being a useful tool when trying to form good habits. Brush teeth? push the button. Get a fresh glass of water from the fridge? push the button. When analyzing other aspects of my life such as spending, I have tools to show me what I've done in the past, and those tools can help me improve (e.g. spending reports). This is admittedly reactionary, but I find it useful nonetheless. Track enough other "st…
Screw pressing the buttons. Can I train an Amazon Echo to listen for me brushing my teeth?
Just put a webcam in your bathroom, you can track how long you brush, floss, even shower (save water if you're in CA!) with just one device.
No, seriously, the bathroom is the last place I want the quantified self.
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#18Something similar could be built easily using an ESP8266, but a single AA battery would not be enough. Looking at this guide[1] it looks like new sw can already be flashed on it, but other than using the uart or some gpio, i don't see attempts at using the wifi interface.
[1] https://learn.adafruit.com/dash-hacking-bare-metal-stm32-pro...
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#20Anybody know if the MAC address in buttons of the same type is the same?
I know it'd be terrible network practice and terrible standards-wise and just generally terrible, just figured I'd double-check before buying a crate of Tide buttons and discovering they all report the same MAC