The Internet of Things approaches us from a variety of angles. When most of think of IoT, we have visions of home automation, Raspberry PIs, or Internet connected robots. However - IoT can shine when it comes to inspiring young (or young at heart) inventors, engineers, and designers.
In this talk, we're going to use LittleBits as a platform for building simple circuits that easily connect to the web. We're going to connect our node.js application to the device using the CloudBit API, and finally engage in a collaborative art project where the audience gets a chance to influence a drawing in real time.
This early example outlines the basics of using websockets and the CloudBit API with Node.js. I'll be expanding on this to create an artbot:
https://github.com/JustinBeckwith/hatspin
disclaimer: I work at Google on Node.js and Google Cloud.
The Internet of Things approaches us from a variety of angles. When most of think of IoT, we have visions of home automation, Raspberry PIs, or Internet connected robots. However - IoT can shine when it comes to inspiring young (or young at heart) inventors, engineers, and designers.
In this talk, we're going to use LittleBits as a platform for building simple circuits that easily connect to the web. We're going to connect our node.js application to the device using the CloudBit API, and finally engage in a collaborative art project where the audience gets a chance to influence a drawing in real time.
This early example outlines the basics of using websockets and the CloudBit API with Node.js. I'll be expanding on this to create an artbot: https://github.com/JustinBeckwith/hatspin
disclaimer: I work at Google on Node.js and Google Cloud.