Episode 18: Internet of Things

How has the Internet of Things changed how we build internet connected devices, and does this approach sometimes overly complicated things? Hosts James and Josh discuss the world of IoT, its real world applications and some of the pitfalls projects fall into. 00 - History of IoT 01 - Anything can be connected via a ESP32 controller 02 - ‘Making things more complex than they need to’ 03 - Petnet IoT Cat Feeder 04 - A Single point of failure ‘Starve your cat as a service’ 05 - Street lights in Aberdeen & how they store the schedule on the light 06 - IoT Dependencies 07 - Ring / Canary / Nest 08 - Nest works standalone off Wifi 09 - Smart Bins for N Yorkshire Council 12 - ‘Smart’ Plugs - hot wire toaster 13 - Asthma Studies 14 - Security & updating IoT devices 19 - Boring SSL - Less config the better 19 - Apple pass key + Signal 22 - Avoiding DDOSSing yourself Find out more about Stac and Parallax: Stac Parallax