How/why are you using SmartThings?

[JDRoberts]

@Scott_Barton

I’m more interested in unique, cool, or out of the ordinary uses. Stuff not everyone thinks of.

Which is exactly why people post project reports. Lots of interesting stuff there.

Here’s my personal favorite:

Smart & Secret Bookcase

So I decided to create a secret bookcase door in my house… I always wanted to build a room with floor to ceiling bookcases despite the decline of the physical book. When you have floor to ceiling bookcases however, you really want to then have a secret door, obviously. So my friend Scott and I set out to make this happen. Not just any secret door, mind you, but one that uses the SmartThings service to enable a lot of fun and follies. I’ll chronicle some of the work here in the coming weeks.