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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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 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 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 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 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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Measure Wi-Fi Signal Levels with the ESP8266 and ThingSpeak
Oh, my. I am sure you have been hearing about the Internet of Things… The IoT! You might be wondering how to get started with
Read moreLearn How to Use MQTT.fx with ThingSpeak
ThingSpeak just announced that they added MQTT as a way to send data to a ThingSpeak channel. This is great news since a lot of
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