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Put the Internet of Things to
Work Using IFTTT, Amazon
Echo, and other tools.
Agenda
• Understand what the Internet of Things is and how it will change the world.
• Learn how to use IFTTT to connect with a variety of products and services.
• Explore other automating tools like Zapier, Hootsuite, Buffer and others.
• Gain access to resources to help you become more efficient online.
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https://ifttt.com/eve_for_tesla
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Put the Internet of Things to Work Using IFTTT, Amazon Echo, and other tools.
A blast from the past …
Using Yahoo! Pipes
Note: This pipe was modified and this screencast was recorded to show how to truncate each RSS feed to only 5 items,
use the Union Module to merge up to 5 separate sources into a single list of items, sort them by title, and use the Unique
Module to remove duplicate items. This screencast was embedded in another video for the Internet Librarian 2009
conference.
Video: https://youtu.be/080sGGVJVQo
Read more at: http://goo.gl/QtNo3M
Yahoo Pipes Alternatives
Many of these may be
discontinued soon!
Pipe2Py
RSS Percolator
Superpipes
FeedsAPI
Pypes
ClickScript
WebHookIt
Mulesoft
Quadrigram
Feedly + IFTTT solution
Huginn
IFTTT 101
• IFTTT (pronounced like “gift”) is an abbreviation for "If This Then That“
• Recipes are simple connections between products and apps.
• DO Recipes run with just a tap and enable you to create your own personalized
Button, Camera, and Notepad.
• IF Recipes run automatically in the background. Create powerful connections
with one simple statement — if this then that.
• Channels are the basic building blocks of Recipes.
Each Channel has its own Triggers and Actions.
• The if part of an IF Recipe is a Trigger.
• The then part of an IF Recipe is an Action.
• Pieces of data from a Trigger are called Ingredients.
IFTTT 101
Put the Internet of Things to Work Using IFTTT, Amazon Echo, and other tools.
Put the Internet of Things to Work Using IFTTT, Amazon Echo, and other tools.
Let’s test this recipe:
One person please visit: https://www.facebook.com/chadmairn
and tag “Chad Mairn” in a photo and we’ll see what happens.
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Put the Internet of Things to Work Using IFTTT, Amazon Echo, and other tools.
IFTTT works with CloudBit to send and receive
information from your littleBits circuit[s].
Put the Internet of Things to Work Using IFTTT, Amazon Echo, and other tools.
Visit http://littlebits.cc/tips-
tricks/tips-tricks-the-cloudbit-ifttt
for other CloudBit/IFTTT ideas
Simple Button to connect an Arduino to IFTTT
Build it! http://goo.gl/sufSRe
You can now send an e-mail, post to
Facebook, text a friend, or send a tweet
with a single button!
Let’s check some out! https://goo.gl/QOOD84
https://ifttt.com/maker
Receive a web request
Make a web request
Shhh ... Be sure to keep your key a secret!
Arduino HTTP Requests: http://playground.arduino.cc/Code/WebClient
Python HTTP Requests (Raspberry Pi) http://www.python-requests.org/en/latest
https://www.hackster.io/ifttt/projects
IFTTT Limitations?
IFTTT Limitations?
http://pcmcon.tumblr.com/
Download it today! https://goo.gl/lo7KaG
Download it today! https://goo.gl/zNhdbG
Natural Language Processing
• Car User Interface (CUI?)
• Voice biometrics
• How do we interact with connected devices?
• How WILL we interact with connected devices?
• App based? Too many apps for one device (e.g., Philips Hue)
• Sentient?
• Hello Natural Language!
• Internet of Things (IoT) will capture, track, and share data
• Artificial Intelligence
• Turing Test
Digital Assistants
Image source: http://goo.gl/obFOfu
More info: http://goo.gl/xxZQGx
Put the Internet of Things to Work Using IFTTT, Amazon Echo, and other tools.
buffer.com Demo
https://zapier.com/
https://hootsuite.com/
Manage multiple networks, schedule posts, and engage
your audience, all in one place.
.com/cmairn
.net/chadmairn
spcilab. .com
Connect with the iLab …
iLab@spcollege.edu
/groups/spcilab
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.com/innovation-lab-makerspace-spc
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