ThingSpeak: apps for social things

ThingSpeak: apps for social things

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  #thingspeak red ThingSpeak: Appsfor Social Things Hans Scharler @scharler
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  Objectives • Introduce “Internetof Things” Devices and Drivers • Introduce ThingSpeak as a platform • Show you a pie chart • Review existing ThingSpeak Projects and Applications • Answer what’s next and how you can help • Answer questions
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  Internet of ThingsDevices • Range from microcontrollers to computers • Need to be able to push data to web services • They might push “a lot” of data • They might push data when they want • They might be behind firewalls • They want to talk to each other • They like to have many standards and protocols • They might not support SSL • They hate lots of back and forth • They need power
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  Internet of ThingsDrivers • Low-cost technology • Wireless pervasiveness • Better marketing – don’t call it home automation • The line between humans and things is blurring – do you feel weird when you forget your phone at home? • Open Data + Thing Data = Web of Things • The Apps will make this interesting and feasible • Inevitability (spoiler alert… the things win) • It’s cool
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  ThingSpeak App Platform
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  ThingSpeak Features • All-purposeData Storage and Retrieval – Tweet-sized data – Push data from devices – Use data in apps – Data Types: • Sensor Data • Text Data • Geolocation Data • Data Visualization – Charts – Maps
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  ThingSpeak Features • DataProcessing – Min / Max Filtering – Time scaling – Summing – Averaging – Median • Twitter Integration – Send Tweets – Use data collected by Twitter – Twitter callbacks
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  ThingSpeak Features • IntegratedWeb Apps – ThingHTTP – Low-level access to high-level web resources – TweetControl – Monitor twitter for keywords and react – ThingTweet – Send Tweets without OAuth • Open Source API and Web App – https://github.com/iobridge/ThingSpeak
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  ThingSpeak Users • DIY • Product Manufactures • Web Developers • Mobile App Developers
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  ThingSpeak Stats • 1400 Active Users • 2 Supported Languages • 1400 Channels • 500 Private Server Installs • 95% Private Channels • 160 Developers on GitHub • 8 Active Countries – 40% US – 20% UK – 10% Brazil – 5% Spain – 5% Switzerland – 5% Japan – 5% The Netherlands – 2% France
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  Arbitrary Pie Chart
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  ThingSpeak Projects • SensorData – Sump pump monitoring – Fitness device monitoring – Thermostat monitoring – Weather monitoring – Server monitoring – Someone is monitoring their water bed
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  CheerLights
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  CheerLights • Worldwide synchronizedcolor lights based on social trends • Build a light controller and follow “#CheerLights” • More info at CheerLights.com @CheerLights Paint the world red
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  Twitter Enabled Toy #thingspeak #forward Real-time Streaming Triggers the ioBridge API Control Toy
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  Social Sensor Network
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  Social Sensor Network •Web and mobile app used to collect data that sensors can not sense – “It’s hot in here” – “Lots of ladies here” • Social “meta” data on top of sensor data • Built using the ThingSpeak API • More info at SocialSensorNetwork.com
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  ThingSpeak Tech Stuff • Ruby 1.9.2 • Ruby on Rails 3.0 • PhusionPassenger • Ruby EventMachine • Node.js • Nginx
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  What’s next forThingSpeak? • ioAuth (OAuth for embedded devices) • Upgrade to Ruby on Rails 3.1 • New “Reacts” app • New Energy App and plugin • Custom Channel Pages • Upgraded Charts • Update and add tests to GitHub version of ThingSpeak
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  How can youhelp? • Make things
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  #thingspeak blue Q&A HansScharler @scharler [email protected] http://www.iobridge.com http://www.iamshadowlord.com