Internet-enabled Message Center
What are you up to now? I took the leap and bought an Arduino from LiquidWare. An arduino is an open-source microcontroller that has a processor, some digital I/O pins, and analog inputs. You can...
View ArticleTouchShield Slide Two-way Communications
Over last summer, I got the GamePack from Liquidware which includes a touch screen display, joystick, microcontroller, and battery pack. With this kit you can make a GameBoy from scratch. With some...
View ArticleInternet of Things Talk at Carnegie Mellon University
Last weekend was the Pittsburgh Perl Workshop hosted by Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. I gave a talk on the Internet of Things and building apps using the Perl programming language as...
View ArticleCheerLights: my lights are linked to everyone else’s
If you have been following my projects for the last 12 years, you probably figured out that I must have a master plan. And this plan involves connecting things to the Internet that may or may not turn...
View ArticleCheerLights is Back for the Holidays #iot – Let’s go Red
For the third holiday season in a row, the CheerLights project is gearing up. The idea behind CheerLights is to show that we are all connected by synchronizing the color of lights around the world....
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