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A product image of a Philips Hue Starter Kit. It shows a large black box with product imagery on the front. In front of the box are its contents. These include two bulbs, a dimmer knob, and a bridge.

Philips Hue Programming, Off the Charts (Part 3 of 3)

In the second instalment of this series, I left you with a couple of useful scripts — one to fetch the device ID of a light, given a name, and one to perform the conversion from RGB to CIE colour. I developed those two scripts as necessary parts of what comes next. I have demonstrated […]

NC #1006 Philips Hue Programming Parts 1 and 2, Espanso, Manta Sleep Masks, Re-usable Cable Ties and Cable Tags

Hi, this is Allister Jenks of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, August 18, 2024, and this is show number 1006. mp3 download Articles Philips Hue Programming (Part 1 of 3) Tiny Tip – Re-usable Cable Ties Command Line Text […]

Philips Hue Programming, Evolved (Part 2 of 3)

Device name selection In my previous instalment, I explained how to use the curl command to control Philips Hue lights. Part of the exercise involved dumping out a huge glop of JSON data and finding a long, gobbledegook of random alphanumeric characters that were the ID of a light we could control. I wanted to […]

A product image of three Philips Hue bulbs and a Hue Bridge. The bulbs are lined up on an angle receding from the viewer and to the left, towards the bridge in the background. The bulbs are mostly white, lit up in a purple colour. The bridge is white with a lit up blue ring.

Philips Hue Programming (Part 1 of 3)

A few years ago, I decided I needed to get some smart light bulbs. I need to be able to set very dim light in my study for the nights I am on call for my job. After trying some cheap no-name bulbs, I discovered the Nanoleaf Essentials range. These were affordable and also came […]

CES 2017: ShadeCraft Sunflower Autonomous Robotic Shade

Allison interviews Armen Gharabegian from Shadecraft about their new autonomous robotic shade called the Sunflower. This novel shade tracks the sun to keep a desired spot shaded throughout the day. The Sunflower connects you to the IoT and the smart home ecosystem from the outdoors. The Sunflower is solar powered and includes an integrated camera […]