Transforming your home into a smart home isn’t cheap. Every piece of equipment adds to the total cost, and it can all add up quickly. Sometimes, no matter how much money you have to spend, what you want to do is only available with a little DIY trick.
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Below are some cost-effective and inventive methods to hack your smart home and customize it to your preferences.
This hack is a little more important than others because it potentially involves an animal’s life. It also doesn’t help that this fun project for feeding your cat remotely while you’re away comes with few instructions, but for the few who have the skills, it should be worth the time.
You will need a servo motor that connects to an Obniz controller board to perform the tasks. The most difficult part of this project is probably the 3D printed corkscrew that is used to get the right amount of food from the container into the pet's bowl.