Making Things Talk

Making Things Talk

Building electronic projects that interact with the physical world is good fun. But when devices that you’ve built start to talk to each other, things really start to get interesting. Through a series of simple projects, you’ll learn how to get your creations to communicate with one another by forming networks of smart devices that carry on conversations with you and your environment. Whether you need to plug some sensors in your home to the Internet or create a device that can interact wirelessly with other creations, Making Things Talk explains exactly what you need.

Making Things Talk

Basic Sensors in iOS

Basic Sensors in iOS

What really sets the iPhone apart from laptops and PCs is its use of onboard sensors, including those that are location-enabled. This concise book takes experienced , and , developers on a detailed tour of iPhone and , hardware by explaining how these sensors work, and what they’re capable of doing.,

With this book, you’ll build sample applications for each sensor, and learn hands-on how to take advantage of the data each sensor produces. You’ll gain valuable experience that you can immediately put to work inside your own iOS applications for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.

Basic Sensors in iOS

Atmospheric Monitoring with Arduino

Atmospheric Monitoring with Arduino

Makers around the globe are building low-cost devices to monitor the environment, and with this hands-on guide, so can you. Through succinct tutorials, illustrations, and clear step-by-step instructions, you’ll learn how to create gadgets for examining the quality of our atmosphere, using , and several inexpensive sensors.,

Detect harmful gases, dust particles such as smoke and smog, and upper atmospheric hazesubstances and conditions that are often invisible to your senses. You’ll also discover how to use the scientific method to help you learn even more from your atmospheric tests.

Atmospheric Monitoring with Arduino