Social networks and location sharing apps took off in the late 2000’s. These megatrends made a huge impact on my life and led me to
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Category: ThingSpeak
CheerLights for Raspberry Pi Zero W and Blinkt!
Well, it’s that time of year… CheerLights time of year! I started CheerLights back in 2011 with one set of lights. Now there are lights
Read moreAdafruit Matrix Portal LED Display Diffused Acrylic Stand
I bought some parts over at Adafruit to build some ThingSpeak and CheerLights projects. If you know me, I am always attracted to multicolored lights
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‘On Air’ Light for Microsoft Teams and Zoom Meetings
Back in the 90’s, the 1990’s, I used to be a late-night radio show host on Froggy. I was known as Jeremiah Bullfrog. When I
Read moreReal-time Colors on CheerLights
CheerLights now supports the MQTT protocol. This means that devices and apps can receive real-time updates to changes in the CheerLights color without polling for
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Lovebox: Internet of Things for Valentine’s Day
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
Read more(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
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Nursery Robot Connected to CheerLights
Introducing CheerLights… CheerLights is an “Internet of Things” project created by Hans Scharler that allows people’s lights all across the world to synchronize to one
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
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