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Posted on 2008 under All, iPhone News, iPhone Tips

4 Dec


While you’re geeking out with your techie friends building battle bots or pumpkin cannons, why not give your dog a little love at the same time?

TUAW reader Stephen Myers sent us a link about a fun little project he worked on. He wants to be able to check on his dog’s well-being and reward the dog with treats from anywhere he can use his iPhone. Stephen found out about ioBridge, a company that develops electronic monitoring and control modules that connect to any Ethernet network and can be controlled via an encrypted web front end.

Myers used an I/O module and servo smart board from ioBridge, a servo, an old CD spindle case, some cardboard and wood scraps, a large syringe plunger, and a webcam to build his device, and then used the ioBridge web interface to create a widget that controlled the device. No programming was required. The system generated javascript that was then embedded into a web page optimized for the iPhone screen, and now Myers can check up on Cooper, his dog, and give Cooper some treats.

Myers has many more details about the system in his blog entry, and he will be writing future posts about how he’s using ioBridge and X10 controllers to turn lights on and off in his home — from his iPhone.

Be sure to check out the YouTube video below!

Woof! An iPhone-controlled dog treat dispenser originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)Woof! An iPhone-controlled dog treat dispenser originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.


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