If you already have a ton of smart home devices and you're wondering what to do next, I recommend picking up an ESP8266.

The world is moving towards an era of smart living, where convenience and efficiency reign supreme. At the heart of this ...

Many of us hacker types with some hardware knowledge and a smattering of embedded experience would like to get into home automation ... have working networking, Wi-Fi or otherwise.

It seems that finding an appliance without some WiFi connectivity and ... as the meat of this project lies in connecting it to his smart home systems and getting something useful from it.