Can We Build A Better Internet Of Things?

[@jessicantina]

Sounds like "intranet of things". But seriously, sounds like a great idea.

[@kuhluhOG]

well, you CAN make the system accessible from the Internet (for example through with a web-browser as the front-end) is it a good idea to put things like this on the web? no is it possible? yes

[@jamerican347]

My idea was rIoT! rational Internet of Things.

[@SharpsWorkshop]

I'm rather excited! Intranet of things is the sort of thing I'd love to play with.

[@integer0verload948]

I heard about these oxygen generators that can be used indoors called plants. Wendel should check on Phil last name Adendrin

[@INeedAttentionEXE]

@@integer0verload948 Philodendron?????

[@brianmccullough4578]

YES,we need more of this,this stuff absolutely interesting! This old house,linux edition would be awesome!

[@JS-kr7zy]

Wendell is slowly acclimatizing us to his dream of being a plumber.

[@danieledwards3376]

He's going to build a steampunk Internet which is *actually* a series of pipes.

[@Allyouknow5820]

@@danieledwards3376 lasers and wires (And cats. Cats cats cats)

[@ciarfah]

Daniel Edwards black marbles are ones white marbles are zeroes

[@ThatKoukiZ31]

As a new subscriber and a contractor, Sounds good to me haha

[@Steve-fz4it]

IM IN. GO FORTH BOB ROSS OF LINUX! TEACH ME HOW TO MAKE A HAPPY LITTLE CO2 SENSOR!!

[@sirius4k]

I want on-prem of things. All the comfort and gimmicks that never go to internet.

[@VladTepesVEVO]

Bingo.

[@ciaduck]

I'm so here for this. Thermostat, Humidifier, HVAC controls, vents, water, electricity.... BRING IT ON!

[@mirzajelacic961]

As a design manager in construction (in Sweden), all I can say is that building automation equipment is stuck with technology from the 90-s, sometimes older. In one project the main data monitoring unit could not be programmed e-mail a data log in .txt format for plotting... what it does have is online remote access. So now a technician has to log on to check values and plot these manually...

[@JoshHoppes]

Sounds like a great series I would be interested in. In particular I'd be interested to see a smart electrical panel with per breaker usage monitoring that I can run locally, basically DIY Leviton smart load center.

[@brenj]

Level1techs presents Level1:Diagnostics, a series on technological integration. You could just make a series out of these different projects. Start with three parts!

[@ARestlessKnight]

Btw, forgot to mention in my other comment: This is definitely the kind of content I love to see. Please make more!

[@saab9251]

I’m 100% here for this content! Also, home tips like this for wiring and plumbing are fantastic. It blows my mind how often people will put off simple additions of modifications because “I gotta call an expert.”

[@kaydot6889]

"Wendell Explains How Poop Piping Works (ASMR)"

[@Jagerbomber]

Plumbing 3: The Pooponing

[@lepsycho3691]

When I learned that co2 had a bigger impact on cognitive ability than sleep at a certain levels, I wondered what my co2 is at home and if I could correlate that to my productivity. But as life happen I forgot about it, but now thanks to your video I hope to answer that question soon, thank you Wendel!

[@FlyffyVampire]

I'm really looking forward to this series, it's something I want to include in my future house and you've already put in so much thought. I'm super excited for this!

[@tanmaypanadi1414]

I am excited after listening to all the possibilities he expressed .I can't believe it I was not the only one with such a dream . I believe my dream can only be made possible by Wendell as I tried setting up Linux and I may have lost some data just trying to understand basic . I wish he makes a simple easy to follow guide for this stuff .

[@ZachTangen]

It seems like you've got a fair bit of interest in this series. I too would love to see something like this.

[@Ravusaedes]

Yes, please! This sounds like an awesome series! I know Ryan did his Home Security one as well which was awesome! The idea of rolling your own on this stuff sounds amazing. Everything Home Automation seems to always report back to Google or Amazon and all about selling your data and not actually helping you.

[@MrGamer90210]

Great idea! I would totally watch that series, even if I can't apply it to my apartment.

[@anthonypedersen1555]

i'm an apprentice in commercial plumbing, so it was cool to see all the technicalities you brought up that we got through everytime we install a new system

[@-DeScruff]

Wendel: Internet of things Fridge is a dumpster fire. IoT Toaster: "Hold my beer..." Revolution Cooking 'Smart' Toaster: "Mine too"

[@Hotcubcar]

You think that's bad? I've got an IOT 'Smart' 9V Battery. It tells you when it's getting low, unless it's too low and can't tell you anymore. Or Smart Candles, you can light them from anywhere in the world through an app! Good luck putting them out though.

[@tanmaypanadi1414]

@@Hotcubcar oo boy candles would be nice especially in countries where we use oil lamps still becos of power outages .

[@Nomaran]

An IoT Toaster just set fire to a child in Africa over TCP/IP we’re all going to hell for what we’ve done.

[@legitt6093]

@Nomaran lololo that Level2Techs joke !! xD

[@saturnGEEK]

There used to be an IoT kettle that you could control via wifi. Unfortunately, some people have made it public on their home networks so that they can access it from anywhere in the world via unsecure telnet. There's still a bunch of them floating around online. Don't forget IoT controlled flag poles with cameras on them. You can literally sit anywhere in the world and watch a flag pole go up and down while their owners are panicking over their possessed flag.

[@Jolly_Green23]

I love this! My fascination with technology is far from limited to computers. I also love electrical, plumbing, home diy, firearms, locksmithing, vehicle and diesel mechanics, aviation, etc.

[@kuzurame]

You are a true poly math sir. Between fireman boilers, plumbing and iot (and somehow tying these all together) You make learning fun.

[@Veriflon88]

Wendell: Can we build a better Internet of Things? also Wendell: *10 Minutes in and still talking about bricks* - love ya guys

[@SxC97]

I love the idea of an IoT house, but I don't trust Google or Amazon in my house (Apple has a better track record but HomeKit is looking pretty anemic rn). I would rather just use a bunch of pi zero w's and make it all myself. pi smart cams, pi door locks, pi HomeKit servers, etc... all sharing data back and forth through open source, standard http protocols.

[@nustada]

The problem is you have to think not only about yourself but the "general market" if you ever need to sell it. If you need to know how to navigate the open source community and have at least some electrical engineer skills to have maintain a house, that may all need to be torn out and replaced when the time comes to sell. Even if you could do it all yourself, it may be smart to outsource it to a local company (if you are lucky to have one around) that can do that sort of stuff, that way you can tell the buyer, in case of problems call them. But people hear the name like "Apple", Amazon or Apple, they have some confidence that they can get parts and support on it. That is why I have a dumb home and won't buy "smart" gadgets. If I do put something in, I do it with a plan to take it out when I need to sell.

[@SxC97]

@@nustada Agreed. I've been really back and forth on the idea of renting vs buying for this exact reason. Renting gives you job flexibility but buying gives you the freedom to make your house _your_. Hopefully working from home will be more common in a few years and this won't be a problem any more.

[@tanmaypanadi1414]

Personally I would do this for my home . I don't need an air con where I live it's humid in summer but not unbareable . And don't need much heating except a portable heater in winter 12days -one month a year just for cosy comfort climate . Where I would I like to get automation is the air quality stuff I live near a coal power plant and go thru air purifiers like toilet paper . It's dusty here and CO2 levels get dangeriously high so not every one needs all the features . Edit: spell check

[@Adrian-jn9ov]

Look into Home Assistant. It's open source, local, works with all the popular IoT devices and is free.

[@SxC97]

@@Adrian-jn9ov I've just ordered a bunch of pi's to playground with and this is on my to-do list!

[@TA-eo2ww]

Thank you Sir!!!!! At last someone trying to put some sense to this catch all phrase "Internet Of Things". More! More!!!

[@wayneaustin4244]

As a young architect in the mid-to-late 90's, working in the Northwest Territories (Canada), I marveled at how much more advanced the control systems were than down south. It used to be that controls were expensive and systems being controlled were cheap. Now it's the reverse. You used to have to have a very compelling business case for fancy control systems; the North had it. A school, for instance, on adfreeze piles through permafrost, with a three-tank system (domestic supply water, fire suppression, wastewater) can't be allowed to freeze. If the boiler fails, the guy who knows how to fix it lives three small towns away, which means accessible only by plane, and so needs an emergency alert six hours before temp drops below zero when it's -40 out. In 1997, that meant a multi-cassette tape system with pre-recorded failure messages, on a phone dialer, on a backboard full of monitoring equipment. The first phone number was dialed, then the applicable failure message played, repeated through the phone list, then start again at the top of the list. If the pipes froze, you mothballed the school until next summer, thawed everything, made your repairs, and told the kids to repeat last year, starting in September. Way overkill for down south, because the monitoring equipment was prohibitively expensive, but essential in Kugluktuk, or Inuvik, or Cambridge Bay.

[@brp_]

Good ideas Wendell! Would love to see some home automation videos utilizing docker containers. With a Synology NAS would be the icing on the cake.

[@daviddupoise6443]

Go for it! Great idea. Kinda like fully open source security camera system but for "all the things." Security and updates matter.

[@TJ_Hack3r]

I've been wanting to do some smart home stuff and have ordered a few things like smart outlets, but a series on how to set up your own system to monitor things that matter sounds very interesting. 10/10 would watch

[@idontwantachannelimjustcom7745]

A waterline sensor that monitors the bathroom. A toilet flush will have a different usage profile from hand washing. You can then put an emergency light outside the door, and if someone flushes, but doesn't wash their hands, the light can go off. If you particle detector can detect poo smell, have a warning for when it is safe to go in.

[@diggleboy]

I really like where this can go and look forward to this video series, Wendell. You've made some really great points about the application domains that IoT can provide the greatest value in the short, medium and long-term for home owners. I'm a data geek so collecting and analyzing the data from the IoT devices is super cool! A data dashboard is a great way to close off this series, especially a mobile enabled dashboard so that anyone can view their data from almost anywhere in near real-time.

[@origamihawk]

Home assistant is an insane piece of software in desperate need of some proper high quality videos! There's amazingly simple APIs for getting data from hass and you can even DIY IoT devices with MQTT. I've done some data science related stuff that took advantage to all of it and it went incredibly smoothly, definitely should look more into it.

[@cdoublejj]

yup stumble across ed HASS looking at a new ethernet / poe doorbell camera

[@ciarfah]

I just want to set up a decent voice API

[@saccaed]

Another interesting IOT project to pursue is one that tracks power per circuit(or plug if you really want granularity). I've twice setup devices that track power draw through the circuit breaker box and both times the results have been quite helpful. When setup in my friends shop it allowed him to quantify how much it costs to run their ancient fridges compared to newer units and also observe the efficiency change throughout the year as ambient temperatures changed.

[@Vipervire]

Sound like a very cool series idea. I'd love to be able to monitor all that data easily through a raspberry pi.

[@DMAMC]

I will watch whatever you’re this passionate about.

[@tanmaypanadi1414]

I would watch him tearing down the Samsung smart fridge too

[@ciarfah]

tanmay panadi don't turn it on. Take it apahhht

[@poldelepel]

If you place a ventilation system, try something with heat recuperation! Puts less stress on your climate system... PS: I have a CO2 sensor every living room and sleeping room, and humidity-sensor in kitchen and bathroom, which regulate my ventilation-system (with heat recuperation). It chooses automatically the speed of the fan. Less speed, less noise.

[@MegaAshabasha]

Wendell watched Planet of the Humans...and quarantine is definitely getting to him.

[@Rippedyanu1]

This an absolutely awesome series concept and should definitely be pursued as a full thing! I can already see myself making a personal playlist of the series to use as a reference guide when building a house or renovating given houses are probably going to be dirt cheap in the coming months

[@olbaze]

If you have 3400$ to spend on a fridge, you've probably already committed several crimes against humanity.

[@mauldus]

Yes! I’ve been wanting this kind of monitoring. Wendell, I also geek out on home construction tech.

[@CaseyHancocki3luefire]

YES PLEASE! More of this please! MOAR of all of it. thank you!

[@sarunic89]

This sounds perfect, just purchased a unit and love the idea of monitoring all the things (that are important). I do this for work, monitoring our networks around the world with data pumped into Grafana. To find a useful reason to do it at home would be very interesting.

[@SuperSkilover]

Thank you for this. I hope there is more to come as i am moving within the next year or so. I am planing to do some simple home automation that makes sense. You have opened my eye's to many possibilitys and so many things to consider.

[@DMSparky]

@16:56 Wendell there is already a open protocol developed for this called BACnet! I used to install large building automation systems for Siemens with everything you’re describing fire systems, water, lighting, air dampers, control valves and lots and lots of sensors! There are BASpi controllers that will interface with standard BACNet devices!

[@lotechgreg]

Hell Yeah! I'm Totally into this. GO, Wendle, GO...................

[@zacks4186]

Absolutely! I have been looking into home automation lately. I would love a video series building this up and use HomeAssistant and mycroft to control all of this.

[@landwolf00]

This was your craziest video yet. But I'm highly interested.

[@derekshannon6045]

This is an epic video. Thanks for making it. Would love more updates on this system.

[@nivas2838]

This is one of the best things I ever watched on youtube. Such an interesting topic, the rabbit hole is very deep indeed.

[@LeoBos]

Would love to have a series like this, and also a video about the Linux router you wanted to build that you talked about on the selfhosted podcast

[@BIGJ4898]

This is an awesome idea for a video series. I'm all for it!

[@M1America]

Im really into homeassistant on docker!!! Yeah I would love to watch your series. Look into MQTT and the tasmota firmware for ESP8266 devices!

[@BNETT21]

I would love to see this series. I am having an issue balancing my HVAC so I'm working on a project to use Pi zeros to log the temperature in multiple rooms at the same time. I would love a more long term setup. Hopefully I can do that based off this proposed series.

[@ruskonator9789]

Super interested in this sort of thing. Keep up the good work! Hopefully we will see some more of this stuff soon!

[@bagok701]

Water usage, energy usage, co2 concentration, co concentration, humidity, water PH and disolved solids, temperature, UV light index, dog door sensor, sound noise detector (not a microphone if possible) (to identify if dog whines all day while I'm out, confirm the lawn roomba is working, confirm indoor roomba is working, determine when a refrigerator kicks on, identify a leaky faucett/plumbing)

[@CUSTOMADE13]

Raspberry Pi:What do I do Wendell:You pass the butter

[@rezganger]

Id really love to hear MORE about this stuff! Thanks for sharing.

[@ARestlessKnight]

Perfect example of how self-interest plays into everything. You're actually interested in improving your home, so you take care that any IoT device you install is really improving your life. Businesses only care about their product enough to sell it to you without you returning it. They'd rather focus on optimizing how much profit they can get out of IoT device rather than make it ideal for you.

[@levik1832]

Yes to all the new vid series ideas!! Great stuff man.

[@valdius85]

I am an ex civil engineering that is now learning to code. This content is amazing for me. Thank you ;

[@SharpsWorkshop]

This will be fascinating! Home networking with home DIY renovation is a wonderful combo!

[@DMSparky]

7:37 Why does Wendell know more about electricity then my current apprentice. I promise I try to teach him.

[@tanmaypanadi1414]

Tech me senpai

[@futendoji]

Minergy for the win :D you got constant renewall of air in the house/building, for the termal efficency it uses an intake that runs underground to exploit the natural warmth of the underground

[@kazriko]

That all sounds like a lot of fun.

[@barbstpat6126]

Yes, to all the ideas in this video. I have been eyeing some of the projects you mentioned (plus a few more, of course!) and have been looking at a linen closet in my new house as a chance to convert into my own "hub" of sorts. Would love to see this video series - here, the Level1Linux channel, or its own channel... This Old House Linux Edition. Awesome!

[@learningbird9940]

I loved this video. Waiting for a several part series on Level1Linux!

[@darksam1212]

I work in the IoT space, and the phrase Internet of Shit coined from twitter is honestly the best way to put it. It is all shit, all the way, and i get a big old laugh by most of it, I always roll my eyes whenever I mention I'm an engineer in the IoT space, people then start talking about the smart fridges and coffee pots, the hardest thing in IoT is everyone with their stupid ideas, and what I refer to as "hand-job features". I greatly look forward to your series, you will probably see me in the comments again. You can get super deep into IoT devices like you mention for every little thing you can think of from the dumb consumer fridge to the machine learning industrial current monitors and I will love to see what you find and report back. Also, I love Pis, they are close to my heart, and you can get Pi compute modules to achieve a lot of the same goals, but you might consider in your IoT series to consider good ol' microcontrollers for a few more basic tasks. With a $4 ESP-32 (Which, there are so many options but this is a popular example) you get Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, all the crypto hardware for basic TLS, tons of libraries for MQTT or other basic network operations, low power sleep modes, two easy frameworks to write applications in, and unlike the Pi you have ADCs and DACs. Linux is fantastic but having a Linux install for every light switch or valve system gets to be a bit much. Some of these newer microcontrollers from Adafruit even support Python but I've always been perplexed by that option.

[@pappyman179]

I'm down for doing the "things" correctly. Count me in. Also engagement.

[@ciarfah]

PappyMan engagement challenge success!

[@blackax]

Hass, MQTT, Influxdb are the core of my "smart home" you might also want to look at tasmota for end user devices (its a opensource firmware for esp8266 devices)

[@classicrockman90]

Take a look at ERV/HRV systems for the ventilation duties. These allow you to bring in fresh air continuously with very little energy loss by exchanging the heat (and moisture) between the inlet and outlet streams. Matt Risinger has lots of good videos on this. I believe there's ERV/HRV companies building in sensors as well to monitor CO2 to adjust the flow like you mention. Definitely an interesting area of IoT. I like the aspect of being able to tie all these systems together and not be stuck in a single platform or have several separate platforms to manage.

[@GarysTechLab]

Interesting things to look into would also be ESP-based micro-controllers, easy to setup to report back to your home automation brain. You don't have to directly program them either, with projects like Tasmota, you can just flash the controller, setup MQTT, and it has tons of standard libraries for sensors like temperature/hum/light/motion/etc. Sonoffs are a super cheap smart plug that can be flashed with custom firmware as well. Something I noticed that I do differently is virtualize my home automation controller, I have a pi I could use but I really like the VM route, I can always use external network devices for physical interfacing.

[@jasonbaker2341]

Love the dive into building science. As far as fresh air on a hot day, you're gonna want to use an Energy Recovery Ventilator (ERV). Look up a diagram, it's pretty slick how the exhausting air transfers some of it's energy to the incoming fresh air. So it's not full 100 degree air coming in fighting your AC units. ERV's are pretty standard in residential green housing because of how air tight they are making the houses now. There is also a heating one (HRV) for northern climates that are heating dominated. +1 for home assistant. Looking forward to your videos on it.

[@kennyj4366]

Yes, do it, the interest of upgrading and adding tech to our domiciles in a word, awesome 🙂

[@therocinante3443]

Dude I live this idea. Please make this series, as many as possible!

[@TomC555]

I reserve the comment function for requesting more of a good thing. We need this series!

[@kaydot6889]

Yes, make more of these. I've been thinking that you guys should make the transition to more of the DIY videos ever since Ryan did that home security system video.

[@LogicZock]

Yes please. A video series like what you are proposing sounds awesome.

[@BorgNode]

How serendipitous that you are looking deeper into IoT around the same time I am looking into it haha. I think you should make more videos about this for sure!

[@NewAgeDIY]

I watched the whole video with real excitement! As a Maker for over 45 years I was lucky to be at around to see technology grow. I’m super excited to see you looking into this very important subject. Are you planning to setup a new KZbin channel? If so I would definitely be the first to subscribe!

[@jscancella]

My problem is internet of things suffers from two problems 1) the more complicated or optimized a system becomes, the more likely it will be brittle and break 2) the problems IOTs solves aren't big enough for me to trade all the security and other problems that come with it to actually install it. Ok, so I can't use my phone to control the lights, that's why I have light switches that never fail and don't compromise my network

[@anomaly95]

It's funny how it seems that the bigger the "tech head", the less they want tech in their everyday real world. For example, the next car I get will probably be 10+ years old. Why? Because most modern cars are very (over?)complicated and are quickly becoming smartphones on wheels. When are these cars going to stop getting OS and security updates?

[@thekylebaker]

Yes. Please do that. I'd love to watch an IoT series of you filming what you do on your house

[@Derek.Iverson]

Yes, please. We need more videos about this stuff! There's not much information out there about how to make our homes smarter without resorting to buying into expensive closed ecosystems with questionable security and longevity. Open source solutions allow us to have control over our technology and not the other way around! There's no reason for most of these devices to have internet access and basic functionality should never be dependent upon it.

[@eontobin5202]

I've always wanted something like that. You should definitely continue

[@JCorbinPhoto]

Yes, I've been getting into the IoT stuff just in the last year, and having multiple systems that don't interface well has been hard. I've been using Smartthings as an "aggregator of things" but most of the 3rd party stuff STILL requires their own app to get started. I'd prefer that Smartthings could handle all of it. Their device list is growing but I had never considered CO2 monitors and such.

[@pankothompson5903]

Yeah stuff like monitoring moisture/temperature etc. in a greenhouse and regulating watersystems and opening the windows would be neat but mostly we just get gimmicks and garbage security that spies on us.

[@saturnGEEK]

I build IoT-based irrigation and other agtech systems for residential, commercial, and agricultural sectors. They're not hard to do, but the IoT side is a tiny portion of everything else going on. Security and reliable operation are always top priority. Many engineers and hobbyists carrying on about the "magic of IoT" always fail to implement any level of "security" in their projects. It's terrifying to know that there are too many of those around, and you have mixed feelings knowing that somewhere someone has decided to flood a small greenhouse with +100,000 gallons of water at once due to no limiters, fail-safes, and no authentication in place.

[@Aertbei]

I would love to see this series, it's something I've been wondering how to do for a looong time! (as a college student an additional point would be cost :) )

[@tanmaypanadi1414]

Also as a college student could be a great business . Or a project home automation or industrial automation .

[@monkeyrebellion117]

YES! To both the fridge being a crime against humanity and IoT: The RIGHT way!

[@solidreactor]

I would love to see videos about IoT for as you mentioned monitoring and controlling air quality, temp, moisture, heat, electric usage, water e.t.c. for a more sustained living. As a tool for more sustained living also having a IoT for a small fully automated greenhouse on the balcony or if you live in a house on your garden, monitoring your vegetables, flowers and what not. The possibilities are endless!

[@360milliondollars]

You can add the fresh air unit to the Ac/Heating unit to your home...most 600K and up homes may have one in conjunction with the air circulation system. It cools or heats the air if need be...dehumidify or humidify.

[@Jango1989]

In which we learn Wendell's curiously expansive knowledge of sewage plumbing. 😂 Great video! Looking forward to the series.

[@lightfire33]

The fresh air intake should be connected to a heat exchanger even for residential use. the modern once reaches efficiencies og 90%+ even for passive units with no moving part. so whether you are trying to keep your house hot or cold, the temperature and humidity difference in the outside air should be minimal.

[@cdoublejj]

THIS is why i subscribe, if you did MORE content like this more often i would patreon!

[@riadannan2873]

Great idea. Looking forward to it.

[@slackstation]

I'd love a series. This is something I'd actually use. I'm looking to buying a house and bringing the best technology there is (within reason) to bear on the project.

[@jamerican347]

Stock photo lookalikes 0:54 Gary Johnson (Libertarian Presidential Candidate) 0:57 Hugh Jackman (Wolverine)

[@jamerican347]

Jay Ward Not an American Football fan so had to look him up. Yea, I see the similarity; probably a younger version.

[@Mrklol1]

Yes please teach mongrels like me about these things. I have super basic tech and programming knowledge, but only enough to be scared of the big tech solutions. One thing that is especially useful like you said, is the ability to set up something that will last unlike the smart fridges and everything else in the IoT system that will stop working as soon as it becomes a couple years old. Along with usefulness over the longterm I would also like to learn about how to make things more secure since I have heard that many IoT devices open your network up and can be quite the security hole. Thank you for all the work you guys are putting in!

[@plapbandit]

Using OpenMediaVault with dockers as my home server, Mycroft is sweet and I'm ever so patiently waiting for the personal backend to be runnable by a mere mortal such as myself

[@ourkellyfamily]

I knew you were going to mention Home Assistant in the video as soon as I saw the Raspberry Pi. I've been using Home Assistant for about 3 years now (switched from SmartThings) and still love it. They have amazing support for both Zigbee and Z-wave devices. I have yet to find a device that won't communicate with the Home Assistant.

[@Schaph]

How do we petition for a This Old House episode featuring Wendell?

[@brentrockwood]

Schaph Brilliant idea!

[@longnamedude3947]

I'm looking forward to the series! This sounds like a great idea :)

[@TheSilence420i]

An incredibly insightful video, thank you very much Wendell :)