Best of IoT — May 2025

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   Grafana Labs·1y

   Dashboards and detergent: How two students monitor laundry machines in a college dorm with Grafana

   Two college students developed a system using Grafana and TimescaleDB to track laundry machine usage in dorms. They used internet-connected laundry machines' data, building a real-time dashboard that also records metrics like machine popularity and usage times. This creative approach demonstrates Grafana's versatility beyond typical network monitoring and hints at future integration possibilities with weather data or gamification.

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   WebDev·1y

   GreyOS: The Meta-OS Redefining Cloud Computing

   GreyOS is a revolutionary Meta-OS developed by George Delaportas and supported by PROBOTEK. It's a hybrid web and cloud-based operating system built with PHP, JavaScript, and HTML5. Notably, it uses CHAOS Microkernel to achieve massive scalability and supports up to 100 million concurrent users per VM. Its browser-based deployment and cloud-first approach eliminate hardware dependencies, while VeNUS, its enterprise-grade version, offers enhanced security, scalability, and integration capabilities for business needs.

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   ByteByteGo·52w

   How Amazon Key Opens 100 Million Doors Every Year

   Amazon Key is a system developed to improve delivery experiences by granting secure access to gated communities and buildings, securing over 100 million unlocks annually. The system has evolved from a serverless architecture to using cellular-connected devices and containerized backends via ECS Fargate to enhance scalability and performance. It is now integrated with third-party platforms, expanding beyond Amazon's delivery services, while maintaining stringent security measures.

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