Tutorial: Your Sensors and Single-Board Computers Speak Emoji 😎
Emojis – those wonderful, wordless forms of communication have quickly spread to nearly every aspect of our digital vocabulary. A single emoji can provide context and invoke emotion more efficiently...
View ArticleTutorial: SmartThings, meet Initial State
Update 1/25/2016: The Official SmartThings integration has just received another big update that solves many of the bugs that users were experiencing before. Now the SmartApp is faster and more...
View ArticleFlowthings + Initial State = Awesome
The other day, I had an opportunity to build a project leveraging the power of streaming data manipulation in a fantastic platform called Flowthings (flowthings.io) and the amazing real-time...
View ArticleDIY: Remotely Monitor Your Aging Loved One (SmartThings + Initial State)
Introduction Over 95% of people age 75 and older have no desire to live anywhere but their own home and remain independent. If you have an aging loved one, chances of you convincing them otherwise are...
View ArticleAnalyze the Astro Pi Space Data in Your Web Browser
Introduction On December 9, 2015, two augmented Raspberry Pi single-board computers (aka the Astro Pis) were delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) via the Cygnus spacecraft. Part of...
View ArticleThingsee + Initial State Half-Marathon Tracker
No one, including myself, believed me when I said I was going to run a half marathon. Not only did I need to train hard, but I needed a way to prove to others that I was actually running the day of the...
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