• One thing some people hate about voice control is that you need to have a process always running, listening for the wake word • If your system isn’t totally locally-hosted, that can raise some privacy eyebrows • Perhaps that’s part of what inspired [SpannerSpencer] to create this 24th century solution: a Comm Badge straight out ofStar Trek: The Next Generationhe uses to control his smart home • This hack is as slick as it is simple • The shiny comm badge is actually metal, purchased from an online vendor thatsurelypays all appropriate license fees to Paramount • It was designed for magnetic mounting, and you know what else has a magnet to stick it to things

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  • One thing some people hate about voice control is that you need to have a process always running, listening for the wake word. If your system isn’t totally locally-hosted, that can raise some privacy eyebrows. Perhaps that’s part of what inspired [SpannerSpencer] to create this 24th century solution: a Comm Badge straight out of Star Trek: The Next Generation he uses to control his smart home. This hack is as slick as it is simple. The shiny comm badge is actually metal, purchased from an online vendor that surely pays all appropriate license fees to Paramount. It was designed for magnetic mou

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