Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Lo-Watt Pivotal Positive Input
WiFi-Controlled Heating, Smart Living
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Hi HN! I’m Cole Ashman, founder of Pila Energy. I’ve spent my career working on home energy systems—first as an engineer on Tesla’s Powerwall, where I focused on the Backup Gateway, Solar Inverter, and metering systems. More recently, I led Product at SPAN, where we built the Smart Electrical Panel and integrated with most major home solar, EV, and battery systems. Pila (https://pila.energy/) is a home battery that plugs into a standard wall outlet, provides smart backup power, energy shifting, and grid services. It’s more than a power bank—it’s a distributed energy system…
2025 · pilaenergy.com · its alternatives →
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Using only a Raspberry Pi and an $11 video capture dongle, you can create your own KVM over IP device, allowing you to send keyboard input to a remote computer and capture its display.
2020 · mtlynch.io · its alternatives →
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Monitor your world with Enviro and Enviro + Air Quality for Raspberry Pi!
2019 · shop.pimoroni.com · its alternatives →
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Control lights, climate, music and more from your wall
2018 · brilliant.tech · its alternatives →
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Quilt▲107The smartest and most efficient heat pump on the market
Feb 2026 · quilt.com · its alternatives →
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2013 · jondot.github.io · its alternatives →
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WattWise is a CLI tool that monitors my workstation’s power draw using a smart plug and automatically throttles the CPU & GPUs during expensive Time-of-Use electricity periods. Built with Python, uses PID controllers for smooth transitions between power states. Works with TP-Link Kasa plugs and Home Assistant.
2025 · naveen.ing · its alternatives →
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Futurous▲74Portable air purifier and essential oil diffuser
2018 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Keen Home▲112A smart vent that heats & cools your home (pre-order)
2015 · keenhome.io · its alternatives →
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PourMi▲88Voice enable your kitchen faucet with precise measurements
2018 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, This is my attempt to fix groggy mornings by lowering my bedroom CO2 from 1700 ppm to ~900 ppm. I designed a simple, 3D-printed fan duct that directs air under the door to improve air circulation. A note on the design process: I used CadQuery, a Python library for creating parametric 3D models. I didn't know tools like this existed and highly recommend it if you can program; it turned out to be more convenient than manually iterating on prototypes in a GUI. The project is open source and the post explains the full build. Happy to answer any questions.
2025 · lepekhin.com · its alternatives →
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purME Air▲107Face mask that makes your breathing super safe and easy
2021 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →
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I have realized that a lot of people nowadays self-host services and set up home labs with mini racks. One major pain point I have come across personally is to quickly get health status from self-hosted services and machines, and have the ability to headlessly control my Raspberry Pi inside a mini rack. So It got me thinking about building a built-in GUI that users can easily add to their Raspberry Pi nodes in their (mini or full) racks or elsewhere. I have previously designed this GUI for an open source project I have been working on (called Ubo pod: github.com/ubopod) and decided to…
2025 · getubo.com · its alternatives →
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b-MOLA GO▲74Medical-grade portable air purifier for consumer usage
2018 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →
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2014 · visionect-epaper.com · its alternatives →
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2022 · heatpumpshooray.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · dropbox.com · its alternatives →
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