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Internet of Things: How many "things" do you have?
Posted by: space-time
Date: November 05, 2015 04:57PM
[en.wikipedia.org]

According to this page, US has about 24.9 devices per 100 inhabitants. These include smart WiFi thermostats, and washer/dryers that use Wi-Fi for remote monitoring.

I know some of you have WiFi thermostats. davemchine even has an WiFi oven!

What other "Things" do you have on your network?



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Re: Internet of Things: How many "things" do you have?
Posted by: hal
Date: November 05, 2015 05:10PM
nothing but computers, phones and ipads here... used to have a boxee box connected, but it was wired...

oops - forgot my eye-fi SD card



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Re: Internet of Things: How many "things" do you have?
Posted by: freeradical
Date: November 05, 2015 05:15PM
The definition of "things" on that link is somewhat broad. It's not just "things" that you personally own.
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Re: Internet of Things: How many "things" do you have?
Posted by: Black
Date: November 05, 2015 05:21PM
The only "things" I have don't seem to meet the definition-- 3 IP cameras, water meter, gas meter, electrical meter.
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Re: Internet of Things: How many "things" do you have?
Posted by: GGD
Date: November 05, 2015 05:22PM
Lots of things that have MAC/IP addresses, some even have two (WiFi + Ethernet), most goes back to before Internet of Things was a thing.

Cable Modem
Routers
Access Points
VOIP Adapters (Ooma)
ROKU or similar
Printers
TV
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Re: Internet of Things: How many "things" do you have?
Posted by: jdc
Date: November 05, 2015 05:31PM
I have a wifi garage door opener, does that count?





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Re: Internet of Things: How many "things" do you have?
Posted by: space-time
Date: November 05, 2015 05:47PM
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jdc
I have a wifi garage door opener, does that count?

I think it does !!! does it send you a warning if someone opens the door, or if the door doesn't fully close for example?
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Re: Internet of Things: How many "things" do you have?
Posted by: cbelt3
Date: November 05, 2015 05:53PM
A NEST and three cameras.
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Re: Internet of Things: How many "things" do you have?
Posted by: Steve G.
Date: November 05, 2015 06:12PM
There's my digital pacemaker that I have to pay $5 a week to the kid down the block not to screw with.
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Re: Internet of Things: How many "things" do you have?
Posted by: jdc
Date: November 05, 2015 06:17PM
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space-time
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jdc
I have a wifi garage door opener, does that count?

I think it does !!! does it send you a warning if someone opens the door, or if the door doesn't fully close for example?

It has alerts for opening and closing, via push noitification or email.

Tells me how long its been open/closed for -- so Im assuming if it doesnt close the little icon will say its open. It can send me an alert if its open for longer than XX minutes/hours.

Im sure more. Ive only had it a week or so.





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Re: Internet of Things: How many "things" do you have?
Posted by: Rick-o
Date: November 05, 2015 06:20PM
All I have is the common computer type stuff. None of that fancy nancy stuff, (yet) that is mentioned above.



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Re: Internet of Things: How many "things" do you have?
Posted by: Lew Zealand
Date: November 05, 2015 06:54PM
Non-computer and phone things? Our city electricity meter has some sort of remote calling-the-home-office-in-Lincoln-NE thingy built into it.
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Re: Internet of Things: How many "things" do you have?
Posted by: bruceko
Date: November 05, 2015 06:58PM
I figure about 25
computers
printers
smart phones
sonos
direct tv
tivo
smart thermostat
Tv's
Nas
time machines
also have Inteon control system uses it own network with unique adresses for each device not Ip based
Automobile
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Re: Internet of Things: How many "things" do you have?
Posted by: Mactel
Date: November 05, 2015 10:54PM
I have a Nest and Rachio.
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Re: Internet of Things: How many "things" do you have?
Posted by: bhaveshp
Date: November 05, 2015 11:09PM
Let's see, not counting computers, routers, tablets, phones, A/V gear:

Nest
WeMo Wall light switch
Lutron Caseta Dimmer switch with Staples connect hub
Philips Hue with HomeKit support
Amazon Echo
Raspberry Pi2
Fitbit Aria WiFi Scale
Omron Blood Pressure Monitor
ooh... Amazon Dash button (waiting to be used for a hack)

Tried but returned: August smart Lock
Next to buy: Garage wifi switch - recs?



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Re: Internet of Things: How many "things" do you have?
Posted by: bhaveshp
Date: November 05, 2015 11:12PM
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jdc
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space-time
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jdc
I have a wifi garage door opener, does that count?

I think it does !!! does it send you a warning if someone opens the door, or if the door doesn't fully close for example?

It has alerts for opening and closing, via push noitification or email.

Tells me how long its been open/closed for -- so Im assuming if it doesnt close the little icon will say its open. It can send me an alert if its open for longer than XX minutes/hours.

Im sure more. Ive only had it a week or so.

Cool! Which one and which hub?
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Re: Internet of Things: How many "things" do you have?
Posted by: ka jowct
Date: November 06, 2015 07:25AM
Very little aside from the obvious: the Macs, gigabit switch, router, cable modem, iDevices. Also a few Tiles. Not sure anything else would qualify.
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Re: Internet of Things: How many "things" do you have?
Posted by: Lux Interior
Date: November 06, 2015 08:35AM
Now:

Withings Wi-Fi scale
Chamberlain MyQ Garage door openers
All home theater receivers
Airplay speakers (5 sets - not including the HT receivers)
DirecTV receivers through DECA
Wii
AppleTV
Printer


To come:

Thermostat (maybe)
Bridge to connect the Bluetooth KeVo deadbolt to the internet
Smart TV (get content through internet ==> dump DirecTV)
Stuff they haven't even thought of yet
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Re: Internet of Things: How many "things" do you have?
Posted by: jdc
Date: November 06, 2015 09:59AM
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bhaveshp

Cool! Which one and which hub?

Both of our clickers wouldnt work anymore -- new batteries, change freq, nothing. So was going to buy new. But $35 a pop. And that was on ebay even.

So started looking at a wifi solution -- found the chamberlain MyQ on ebay NIB for $50. Works with existing openers. Mine is a 13 year old Overhead Door model. Setup took about 5 minutes. Its basically a small hub and door sensor.

[www.chamberlain.com]

Sears and others have full systems with it built in, about the cheapest I saw was $250.





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