alt Hacker News> for a glimpse at one possible futureverse, check out what the home assistant community is up to, how they assemble then update the ambient information displays on their walls. their USER AGENTS are doing what most HN-style "hackers" dreamed of reading scifi as kids.
I would love some pointers to read up on this, what are some examples of this? Genuinely, not being a troll or ironic
> I would love some pointers to read up on this, what are some examples of this? Genuinely, not being a troll or ironic
There's a "look what I built!" thread every few days on the /r/homeassistant sub and the home assistant forums, too.
The data sources vary but it's usually a mix of devices that the user has locally and some remote data sources like weather/public transit schedules APIs or RSS and in some cases also utility rate info all integrated into a SPOG that is then displayed on some ambient screen (usually a hacked tablet or other cheap ARM device)