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Welcome Makers!

Kevin Hoyt - @krhoyt

Emerging Technology Evangelist

Adobe

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... or put another way, hardware costs are rapidly decreasing.

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While everything else, like availability, is increasing ...

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Capability ...

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Adobe MAX 2009

Not too distant past ...

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One year later ...

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Connectivity ...

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sms.beginSMS( remoteNumber );

sms.print( txtMsg );

sms.endSMS();

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So how do you get started?

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What about this "Internet of Things" ... thing?

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// Input port for incoming values

class SwitchIn extends InputPort

{

function set( ledState )

{

// Set the pin high or low (on or off)

hardware.pin7.write( ledState );

}

};

// Configure pin seven (7) as digital out

// Set initial value to off (0)

hardware.pin7.configure( DIGITAL_OUT );

hardware.pin7.write( 0 );

// Configure the Imp

imp.configure( "Remote LED", [SwitchIn()], [] );

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// Create the request

$request = curl_init();

// Set the parameters

// Do not verify SSL peer

// Imp address is HTTPS

curl_setopt( $request, CURLOPT_URL, $_POST['url'] );

curl_setopt( $request, CURLOPT_POST, count( $fields ) );

curl_setopt( $request, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $fields_string );

curl_setopt( $request, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false );

// Execute the request

// Get the response

$response = curl_exec( $request );

// Close the connection

curl_close( $request );

// Show the response for informational purposes

echo $response

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// Make an XHR request to the PHP script

// Asynchronous

// Using HTTP POST

// Single "value" value is the state of the switch

xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();

xhr.addEventListener( 'load', doLightLoad );

xhr.open( 'POST', SWITCH_URL, true );

xhr.setRequestHeader(

'Content-Type',

'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' );

xhr.send( 'value=' + state + '&url=' + IMP_URL );

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And there is no shortage of alternatives ...

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Wait! Speed bumps ahead ...

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What else is going on in this space?

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Neat. So what does all this mean to me?

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Barriers to Entrepreneurship

Long development cycles

High cost of going from idea to product

Venture capital less available

Startup expertise is regional

High failure rate

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All these barriers are being removed ...

all at once!

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Long development cycles?

We just built a wireless light switch!

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High cost of going from idea to product?

Can you spare $5,000?

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Startup expertise is regional?

Can you clear your calendar for a weekend?

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