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Tutorial Real-time iOS Heart Rate Monitor and Dashboard
HealthcareSep 30, 2015

Tutorial: Real-time iOS Heart Rate Monitor and Dashboard

How to build an iOS heart rate monitor that streams heart rate data in real time to a real-time dashboard from the iOS smartphone app.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
BuildSep 29, 2015

Creating a Distributed Music Visualizer for Mobile Phones

How to create a music visualizer that processes an Mp3 music file and streams the data in real time to trigger multiple smart phone flashes to the music.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
BuildSep 23, 2015

Spline Chart for IoT Sensor Data with Johnny-Five

How to collect and stream IoT sensor data in real time to a real-time spline chart on an HTML dashboard with Johnny-Five, Arduino, and PubNub.

Anmol Agrawal
Anmol Agrawal
BuildSep 22, 2015

Hardware-to-Hardware Communication with Johnny-Five

Using the Johnny-Five framework to create hardware-to-hardware communication between a button and LED. When a user presses the button, the LED is triggered in real time.

Anmol Agrawal
Anmol Agrawal
IoT Coffee Maker with Real-time Monitoring
BuildSep 16, 2015

Storing and Retrieving IoT Sensor Data in Real time

How to collect, store, and retrieve IoT sensor data in real time, updating and syncing data across the application when it restarts.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
Creating a Real-time Buddy List with Advanced Channel Groups
ChatSep 15, 2015

Creating a Real-time Buddy List with Advanced Channel Groups

How to build a real-time buddy list (ie. friend’s list) for chat applications using advanced channel groups, Presence, and Stream Controller.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
Streaming Accelerometer Data to a Real-time Dashboard
BuildSep 10, 2015

Streaming Accelerometer Readings to a Real-time Dashboard

How to collect acceleration readings from an accelerometer and stream the data in real time to a live-updating, real-time dashboard with Intel Galileo.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
BuildSep 9, 2015

Getting Started with PubNub on IBM Bluemix

How to get started with PubNub on the IBM Bluemix cloud development platform.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
ChatSep 8, 2015

Inbound Channel Pattern for Efficient 1-1 Chat Management

How to build a more efficient real-time application to decrease history API calls by using an inbound channel pattern for pub/sub messaging.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll