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Tutorials, demos, and code walkthroughs for a wide variety of real-time web, mobile, and IoT projects.

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BuildApr 29, 2015

Displaying Live Location Data with JavaScript and Mapbox

How to retrieve, publish, and display live geolocation data with JavaScript and the Mapbox API to create transportation tracking applications.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
BuildApr 28, 2015

Broadcasting Geolocation Data with HTML5 Location Services

A walkthrough on how to detect and broadcast geolocation data in real time using JavaScript and HTML5 location services.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
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BuildApr 24, 2015

Plotting Real-time Data of Financial Performance with NVD3

How to collect and plot real-time financial data based on performance using NVD3, PubNub, and AngularJS.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
BuildApr 22, 2015

Displaying Tessel Temperature Data on a Live-Updating Chart

In this blog post, we’re going to use the Tessel Climate module, AngularJS, the NVD3 library, and PubNub to graph real-time temperature and humidity data over a WiFi network.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
BuildApr 21, 2015

Publishing Temperature Data in Real time with Tessel Climate

How to collect and publish temperature and humidity data in real time using the Tessel Climate module.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
BuildApr 20, 2015

Building an Earthquake Warning and Monitoring System

How to build an earthquake warning and monitoring system with Ruby, littleBits, and PubNub to send alerts and notifications in real time.

Anmol Agrawal
Anmol Agrawal
BuildApr 16, 2015

Bringing Modular, LEGO-thinking to the Internet of Things

An overview of RubyBits, a blog series on teaching about hardware programming for modular Internet of Things projects using the Ruby language and littleBits

Anmol Agrawal
Anmol Agrawal
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BuildApr 16, 2015

How to Build an Android Beacon (iBeacon) Emitter [3/3]

A tutorial and live example of how to build an Android iBeacon (beacon) emitter, the app that publishes signals to Android iBeacon detectors to trigger action.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
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BuildApr 15, 2015

How to Build an Android Beacon (iBeacon) Detector [2/3]

A tutorial and example of how to build an Android beacon (aka iBeacon) detector, the app that listens for signals from the emitter and triggers an action.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll