“In our IBC2017 paper [1] we described our experiences with Object-Based Media (OBM) and outlined our aims for developing a toolkit to enable authors to make such experiences...
2 February 2020 by Thomas Preece Read more...
After adapting the Kindle to work as a Home Assistant dashboard the next problem to solve was how to mount it and keep it charged. I’m currently in...
12 December 2019 by Thomas Preece Read more...
The aim of this project was to have music synchronized across multiple speaker sets and rooms in my house. To achieve this I leveraged a piece of open...
10 December 2019 by Thomas Preece Read more...
A lot of the powerful features of having a smart home are all the tasks that can be automated but there will always be manual tasks that require...
10 December 2019 by Thomas Preece Read more...
I was recently awarded a gift card for exemplar work at work which was amazing but it could only be spent in limited number of high street stores...
28 November 2019 by Thomas Preece Read more...
Home Assistant (HA) is an open source home automation software designed to be the central control system in a smart home. Here I leverage it along with sensors...
27 November 2019 by Thomas Preece Read more...
In 2019 I attended the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam with my colleagues and gave a talk along with Matt Brooks about StoryKit, an Object-Based Media Toolkit...
25 October 2019 by Thomas Preece Read more...
The goal of this stand was to show participants the advantages of object based media (OBM) and adaptive storytelling including the advantages for accessibility and learning. The origami...
1 January 2019 by Thomas Preece Read more...
I bought my Ender 3 direct from Creality costing me a very reasonable £160. On top of that I also bought some filament from 3dfilaprint. The final item...
30 October 2018 by Thomas Preece Read more...
I have been using the 3D printer at my current workplace for a while now and have found it to be extremely useful and interesting. This along with...
28 October 2018 by Thomas Preece Read more...