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I am doing it. I have done it. I am switching back to WordPress . “NotHans” started off as an address on Geocities in 1995. Soon after, I switched to a hand-built website hosted at Speedsof...
STRUEBCON 2016 Happy Birthday, Steve. Quisquam Dignitas Effectus est Dignitas Super Effectus
“We are not even at the end of the beginning of IoT.” - Hari Balakrishnan
“I don’t want to believe, I want to know.” - Carl Sagan
Do Algorithms Dream of Android Sheep? : My latest Internet of Things talk - I cover Big Data, the future of humanity, and algorithms.
“A farmer’s tractor will know more about the success of the business than the farmer.” - Nick Jones / Gartner
I got the Particle Photon and Electron working nicely with ThingSpeak . I took the time to document how to connect Particle.io and ThingSpeak together securely. The tutorial is available now at H...
I just built webhooks to ThingSpeak for data that comes from the Particle devices connected to the Particle.io Cloud. I will be sharing the source code when everything gets stable.
I just received my Particle Electron from last year’s Kickstarter. Particle and ThingSpeak FTW! Time to get building…
Project overview Arduino IDE and Uber feedback Arduino Yun and Grove boards Fritzing overview YOUR PHYSICAL INTERFACE WITH UBER! Want to see/hear how far the closest Uber is from you? ...
I just got my Seeeduino Cloud Starter Kit for AWS IoT development. Time to get it AWS IoT and ThingSpeak talking!
@MyToaster introduced the world to the idea of social appliances. This Internet of Things devices led to the creation of ThingSpeak - a service created to collect data from things and analyze i...
If you are trying to use the ESP-210 on Windows, you need to install the CP210x USB to UART Bridge VCP Drivers before setting up the Arduino IDE and board libraries. The ESP-210 uses the Sila...
My friend Ankit made this video for the CheerLights project. This video features the trees at the MathWorks headquarters that are synchronized with the latest CheerLights color.
My mom asked me to setup a CheerLights lamp in their living room to stay connected with me. I was thrilled that she asked me to do this for her. CheerLights, BTW, is one of my projects that sy...
Hans, Chef Perry Pollaci, and Becky at The Royce Our custom honeymoon menu for the Chef's Table Amuse Bouche and Beef Carpaccio Lobster Soup and Kobe Soup Salt-crusted Lamb served on a c...
Rory Scovel and Hans Scharler at the DC Improv. Rory ain’t no science lawyer but he is really funny and commands an audience from start to finish. He was the headlining act at Hans Fest 2015.
I am active speaker about technology and specifically about the Internet of Things. I co-founded ioBridge and created ThingSpeak – two platforms that have spurred on Internet of Things applications for many developers, manufacturers, and users all over the world. My most popular projects are @MyToaster and CheerLights. In both cases, social media is involved and interact with physical objects and more importantly connect us a little more. I love board games and coffee. If you are interested in learning more about me or getting in touch, you can find me on the web at these places: Twitter, LinkedIn, and AngelList.
The Washington Post just published a series of infographics depicting the history of appliances and the Internet. They listed that MyToaster from 2008 was a significant event that shaped Connec...