Links and Loves and a Guest Blog Post

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Happy Friday Everyone!

Are you interested in having a smart home?

Here are some purchases I’ve made to convert our home into a smart home. I know, I'm a bit of a techy person.

Alexa Echo Dot  - This device connects to the voice-controlled intelligent personal assistant service called Alexa from Amazon. Here is a video showing some of the ways that it works.


Insignia Smart Plug - When you plug something into this plug, you can control it via the app on a smartphone or other device. And then you can connect the smart plug to your Alexa for a voice controlled outlet. Think how fun it was for us to say, "Alexa, turn on the Christmas tree" and the tree lit up.

Philips Dusk to Dawn LED light bulb.  We put these bulbs on the front of our garage so that we never come home to a dark house. They are super bright and work like a charm!



This year our goal is to save up for a video security camera. If you have any recommendations on a good one, let me know.

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In other news, but somewhat related, I had the pleasure of writing a guest blog post for the site ThingLink.com. ThingLink is a site that allows you to create interactive images with music, images, links, videos and more. One of my favorite features is the ability to annotate a 360° image.
The focus of my blog post was combining Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence using ThingLink. The blogpost is titled: An Innovative Idea: Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Come Together for a Guided Tour with ThingLink.

You can read my guest blog post by clicking here.

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helpless in technology....I've got mail! said…
Yep, You ARE a techie...I appreciate you anyway ;)
January 12, 2018 at 12:29 PM
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