IocTober Day 3 - Cat and Possum Behaviour Management We have a new greenhouse, and Senior Kid (18) has quite a penchant for growing herbs and vegetables (none of those flowery things). Unfortunately, junior cat Grace Hopper (2) has decided that the seedling tray is THE BEST CAT TOILET. We needed a way to discourage Gracie from pooping in the greenhouse, and more critically “covering up” by wreaking havoc among the seedlings.

IocTober Day 2 - Airline-style safety lighting for home or workplace Even numbered day. Time for the first serious project of IocTober. Do you get up in the night and inevitably trip over something, or multilate yourself in an encounter with on the most dangerous OHS hazard known to humanity? (tl;dr: Nocturnal Lego) Do you have small children or other incorrigibles who never turn lights out? Here’s a project that I created on the weekend for my book (Yes, I’ll soon be able to say “I Wrote The Book On IoT”).

IocTober Day 1 - The Internet Kettle My family and I are Not Morning People. The very first thing that happens after arising is coffee (or Tea, if you are Mx 18). What can we do to reduce the time and zombie-shuffling involved in waiting for the kettle to boil? Thingify it, of course! Our kettle has a convenient toggle to turn it on, so all we need is an IoT actuator, and… a finger.

Announcing IocTober! Last year one of our Accelerando Consulting team produced an artwork a day for Inktober, and many of my friends dazzle with their annual Frocktober challenge. This year I am going to tackle IocTober (which I just invented on the spur of the moment) — I will produce a lifestyle-improving IoT design on each of the 31 days of October. Will I be able to keep it up? Will I end up inventing a better mousetrap?