It’s that time of year again… It’s time to show the person who you love how much you love them with an internet-connected gift. I got
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(My) History of the Internet of Things
Back in 2007, Jason Winters and I started working on what would become ioBridge, RealTime.io, and ThingSpeak. The phrase “Internet of Things” got added to the
Read moreControl IFTTT Webhooks with MATLAB
Yesterday, I was building an integration with IFTTT and my Philips Hue lights in my office. I wanted the Philips Hue lights to change to
Read moreMeeting Richard Launius, Designer of Arkham Horror Board Game
As the story goes, Richard Launius designed a board game based on the Call of Chutulu RPG. Richard was not able to get time to play
Read moreThingSpeak at the Boston TechJam
I recently got the change to give a ThingSpeak IoT demo at Boston TechJam. MathWorks is one of the sponsors so we got to participate with other
Read moreGetting Ready for the Bay Area Maker Faire!
I have a lot of favorite times of the year. I get excited about the holidays, weekends, evenings, and days. I am usually filling each day with
Read moreI Have Gone Too Far With My Label Maker
I love bins. I love sorted electronics parts and tools. I love matching bins. After I sorted everything in my workshop, I wondered what I
Read moreGaming with Edo Interview About Building Game Design Communities
I really love building communities. And, I really, really love tabletop games. After moving to a new area for my technology career, I wondered how
Read moreUse the New MQTT Service from ThingSpeak for Real-time CheerLights Updates
It’s that time again. That time when people all across the world synchronize their lights together with CheerLights! People have built amazing CheerLights displays. I
Read moreUse AWS DeepLens to Determine If Hotdog or Not Hotdog
While at re:Invent, I got to take a deep learning workshop to learn about the new capabilities of AWS such as SageMaker and Greengrass. We
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