Internet of Things is the next big tsunami to hit the world. The numbers quoted are staggering. There are lots of players, big and small building up their stuff.
The Electric Imp is a platform which has all the necessary features:
With these you get all the well known capabilities (Cloud Mantra 1:01):
You can make API calls to the device. Here is what API's can do for you:
"The Electric Imp API provides a set of classes and global objects with which imp code may access local hardware and remote cloud functionality. This API augments the Squirrel Standard Library which provides non-imp-specific functionality. For more general information about the Squirrel language, see Learning Squirrel."
Read more about Squirrel language here:
http://squirrel-lang.org/
The company is young with seasoned warriors who have left the likes of Apple and Google. Hey! that's a plus+.
Read some background information on this one year old company here:
http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1261758
More on Electric imp here:
http://electricimp.com/product/
Here is stuff from a gallery of products using Electric Imp:
Well, these may make you think, do we really want to light up a lamp from the cloud or a lock that can be activated via Wi-Fi? But what is important is if it can do this, it can do lot more.
Imagination is the limit.
Most of the images are from Electric Imp site.
Disclosure: This is an independent post from Hodentek and not supported by any organization
The Electric Imp is a platform which has all the necessary features:
- Hardware
- Software
- OS
- APIs
- Cloud Service
With these you get all the well known capabilities (Cloud Mantra 1:01):
- Intelligence
- Flexibility
- Scalability
You can make API calls to the device. Here is what API's can do for you:
"The Electric Imp API provides a set of classes and global objects with which imp code may access local hardware and remote cloud functionality. This API augments the Squirrel Standard Library which provides non-imp-specific functionality. For more general information about the Squirrel language, see Learning Squirrel."
Read more about Squirrel language here:
http://squirrel-lang.org/
The company is young with seasoned warriors who have left the likes of Apple and Google. Hey! that's a plus+.
Read some background information on this one year old company here:
http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1261758
More on Electric imp here:
http://electricimp.com/product/
Here is stuff from a gallery of products using Electric Imp:
Well, these may make you think, do we really want to light up a lamp from the cloud or a lock that can be activated via Wi-Fi? But what is important is if it can do this, it can do lot more.
Imagination is the limit.
Most of the images are from Electric Imp site.
Disclosure: This is an independent post from Hodentek and not supported by any organization
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