The meandering journey of NodeBots Interchange

What started as a plan to simply make components work a bit better with NodeBots turned into a way of managing any firmware using JavaScript.

Published: Tuesday, January 26th 2016

9 mins (2.1k words)

Article archive - page 4

  • Datatium - data as material for contextually responsive design

    Responsive design is still very screen size focussed where as we should be considering context much more than we do. This talk explains how Datatium helps resolve this.

  • JavaScript: not just the language of the web

    JS is moving out of the browser and into all manner of places. My notes and slides from my talk on this topic at JSFoo 15.

  • Applying the lessons of mobile dev to IoT

    IoT product development has the opportunity to draw on some of the lessons hard won over the years of developing for mobile.

  • DDD JavaScript IoT workshop

    A summary of the various projects completed as part of the JS IoT workshop given at DDD Melbourne 2015.

  • Building a portable minecraft server

    Using a raspberry pi and some batteries to create a portable minecraft server that can be put in a lunch box and taken to the park.

  • Controlling networked LEDs using a smartwatch

    The ESP8266 is a capable device in its own right and can run a simple web server. Couple this with a smartwatch for control and you have some interesting remote control options.

  • Book launch of Make: JavaScript Robotics

    This new book on JavaScript robotics launches today, co-authored by 15 of core NodeBots community members from around the world.

  • The role of context on ambient technologies

    Ambient technologies are very hard to design well. A blinking light for a new email is novel for a few minutes before quickly becoming a distraction. This essay provides a model for thinking about ambient technologies and how a designer may maximise their use.

  • Building an information radiator

    "Information Radiators" - devices that use physical means to relay encoded information are great projects if you want to explore IoT. This post provides a how to example.

  • A Device API safari

    There are many interesting things to be found in the Device API. This talk went on a journey to see what we could find worth playing with.