How To Use IBM Cloud CDN and Cloud Object Storage

Previously we published various guides on Rackspace Cloud Files to use CDN and Cloud Object Storage for hosting static website to hosting jQuery powered video players. Lately, Rackspace Cloud Files has been very costly with a fixed per month fees for just having the account. We have similar guides on HP Cloud CDN (HP Public Cloud has been closed). Other CDNs like KeyCDN not exactly cost effective … [Read more...]

Using Raspberry Pi With Smart TV To Extend Functions

It will appear to a novice that the modern large screen Smart TVs (like Samsung NU7100 or Samsung Q8FN) has just another single board computer inside them. It is not true. Televisions always differently designed and even the modern has dedicated system to process video and audio. It is true that we can develop applications for the Smart TV OS (like we described developing apps for Tizen OS) but … [Read more...]

Sources of 4K Videos For Watching and Download

Many of the New 4K/UHD Television Owners Search For Sources of 4K Videos For Watching and Downloading. This article definitely a timely need to many of the readers. At this moment (December 2018) number of 4K videos available online not exactly less. Ultra-high-definition (UHD) includes both 4K UHD and 8K UHD. These two digital video formats has an aspect ratio of 16:9. UHDTV-1 is 3840 pixels x … [Read more...]

All the Sensors of Android Smartphone on Arduino With 1Sheeld+ Shield

You Can Use All the Sensors of Android Smartphone on Arduino With 1Sheeld+ Shield. You Can Literally Avoid Buying Few Hundred Dollar Worth Extra Shields. A standard mid-range smartphone of today, like Samsung J7 Max has lot of sensors and camera. 1Sheeld+ Shield uses Bluetooth BLE (the Bluetooth module we described before). 1Sheeld+ uses it's built-in Bluetooth BLE module to connect itself to iOS … [Read more...]

Large Screen TV Backlighting : Static & Responsive

These days, all over the earth in various resturents, malls TV backlight can be seen. Large Screen TV Backlighting Not Just Funky Decorative. They Really Reduce the Eye Strain and Some Form Static and Responsive Light Required. Bias lighting can help reduce the eye strain cuased by long exposures to TV screens and monitors in dark rooms. It can also help make the grays and blacks on your screen … [Read more...]

Upload to IBM Cloud CDN Using OpenStack Swift Client

IBM Cloud CDN needs Pay-as-you-go account. We have not tested the lite version of IBM Cloud Object Storage (free trial version) for the presence of features of OpenStack Swift. In this guide, we will show how to upload objects to IBM Cloud CDN or Object Storage using OpenStack Swift client and our a helper Python script. OpenStack Swift already have long known Python clients. We have a lot of … [Read more...]

Internet of Things in the Smart Home : Part IV (END)

Part III of this series was the last part before this one. Manufacturers investing in chapter operating systems with their own circle of users and will grab even with smart home solutions to the already known, which also comes to compatibility in favour. The future solutions based on the Internet of Things in the Smart Home will play an indispensable role for consumers in the coming years, as more … [Read more...]

How To Develop Samsung Smart TV App (Tizen OS)

In our earlier guides, we have discussed the theoritical aspects of Smart Things. In order to get full advantage of the hardware and integrate other hardware, many of the developers will be interested to develop applications. How To Develop Samsung Smart TV App? Tizen Studio is a set of tools for developing applications. Tizen Studio can run on Windows, Ubuntu and macOS. Tizen Studio is closest to … [Read more...]

Internet of Things in the Smart Home : Part III

This is the continuation of Part II of Internet of Things in the Smart Home while the first article was Part I. Devices with smart home functions are already present in various product segments and are being used in more and more households. When connecting to the Internet of Things, the standards still currently in the development or maturing phase help to form a successful communication and … [Read more...]

How To Save Sensor Data From Arduino To a Text File

There are very complex ways of saving sensor data from Arduino to a text file. Also there are easy program. There was time when Mac were run with user created programs. Roger Meier's Freeware site has such own created programs. Download the "CoolTerm" program. Extract it. Double click on the CoolTerm application to launch. Click on Connection, then go to Options and then in Serial Port Options … [Read more...]