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IT News<p>Presence Detection Augments 1930s Home - It can be jarring to see various sensors, smart switches, cameras, and other techn... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/04/18/presence-detection-augments-1930s-home/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/04/18/presen</span><span class="invisible">ce-detection-augments-1930s-home/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/presencedetection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>presencedetection</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/homeautomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homeautomation</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/lightswitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lightswitch</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/homehacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homehacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/smarthome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smarthome</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/mmwave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mmwave</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/sensor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sensor</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/parts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parts</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/radar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radar</span></a></p>
Jon Sullivan<p>Here's an old light switch that's in the basement of a house across the street from us. It works like any light switch. Click it one way and it’s dark. Click it the other way and the light's on.</p><p>Notice anything odd about it?</p><p>(Does anyone know why it would be this way? It's cast metal so it's seems like an unlikely mistake.)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/LightSwitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LightSwitch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Strange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Strange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Odd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Odd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mystery</span></a></p>
Perry<p>Hoping someone out there can offer the advice I need to solve some of my light fittings 😅</p><p>I’ve got a few of the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/aqara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aqara</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/zigbee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zigbee</span></a> light switches around, but have a few points that are like these brown switch panel on rough brick. I’m not sure how I’m going to get a switch to sit on that as they’re 2-3 gang vertically, are smaller, and it seems as though the brick was cut to fit them.</p><p>The Aqara switches are larger and wouldn’t fit.. so is there some custom mould I could put there to raise the switches from the wall?</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/lightswitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lightswitch</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/lightfixture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lightfixture</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/selfhosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosted</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/zigbee2mqtt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zigbee2mqtt</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/smarthome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smarthome</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/smartlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smartlight</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/smartswitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smartswitch</span></a></p>
David Hembrow<p>Here's a plank of wood with three old light switches on it, a battery pack and a few LEDs.</p><p>Who would want such a thing ? Our ~18 month old grandson. He's fascinated with switching the lights on and off so I made this as a Christmas present so that he could safely flick switches as much as he likes and watch the lights go on and off.</p><p>It got dropped and one of the light switch covers broke (bakelite-like plastics aren't great with impacts) so I just repaired it with a new (old) switch cover.<br><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/lightswitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lightswitch</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/unusualtoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unusualtoy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/startthemearlywithelectronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startthemearlywithelectronics</span></a></p>
Dunbar's Number<p>Because my current <a href="https://mas.to/tags/geeketry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geeketry</span></a> requires actual real world shit, today I shall also be attempting to port this spaghetti over to this new <a href="https://mas.to/tags/lightswitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lightswitch</span></a>. I shall either blow myself up, blow the house up or manage it just fine and prove that I'm the king <a href="https://mas.to/tags/electrician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electrician</span></a>. What is nice though, you see that blue wire? This is the first switch I'm replacing in my house that has a neutral available! 🥹</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/electrical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electrical</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeAssistant</span></a></p>
IT News<p>When Your Smart Light Switches Stop Working, Build Your Own - If you want smart light switches in your house, you can buy from any one of hundre... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/04/30/when-your-smart-light-switches-stop-working-build-your-own/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2023/04/30/when-y</span><span class="invisible">our-smart-light-switches-stop-working-build-your-own/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/homeautomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homeautomation</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/lightswitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lightswitch</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/homehacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homehacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/home" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>home</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/iot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iot</span></a></p>
IT News<p>The Eyes Have It: Stare Down Your Lighting - You know how you can feel when someone is looking at you? Thanks to a person detec... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/03/06/the-eyes-have-it-stare-down-your-lighting/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2023/03/06/the-ey</span><span class="invisible">es-have-it-stare-down-your-lighting/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/facedetection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facedetection</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/arduinohacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arduinohacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/personsensor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personsensor</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/lightswitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lightswitch</span></a></p>
gemaface<p>We're proud to be part of the world's largest collection of obsolete and disappearing sounds. Obsolete Sounds is out now - check it out! Our submission was 'Light switch'<br> <br><a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/obsoletesounds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>obsoletesounds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/lightswitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lightswitch</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/citiesandmemory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citiesandmemory</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://citiesandmemory.com/obsolete-sounds" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">citiesandmemory.com/obsolete-s</span><span class="invisible">ounds</span></a></p>