Baby, It's Cold Outside: MINDSTORMS NXT Speaks to Google Weather
Dexter Industries dWiFi Sensor Communicates with Google Weather and Pachube.
- (1888PressRelease) March 23, 2012 - Washington, DC: Now, your NXT can download weather from the Internet by using the Dexter Industries WiFi Sensor. There is a lot of information available on the Internet, but now using the web-based database server Pachube (pronounced Patch Bay), your LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT can now download weather data from the Internet with the Dexter Industries WiFi Sensor.
The applications are endless, with downloaded data, from website likes Google Weather, your NXT can retransmit the data by using the WiFi Sensor to other devices via the Internet or to different webpages. By using RobotC code from Dexter Industries Blog, the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT can serve as a weather alert device, warning you of outside weather conditions before the user goes outside. The same code could be used to warn the user of differences in temperature between outside and inside, and allow for more efficient heating or cooling. These are not the only applications with the Dexter Industries WiFi Sensor, and the company's blog invites users to share additional ideas.
As more and more technology can access the web wirelessly, Pachube's database allows users the power to share, collaborate, and make use of information generated from the world around them. The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT can now also join other wireless devices through Dexter Industries Wifi Sensor. Turn any NXT creation into a member of the "Internet of Things."
More Information on Dexter Industries can be found here: http://www.dexterindustries.com
More information on LEGO MINDSTORMS can be found here: http://mindstorms.lego.com
More Information on Dexter Industries Wifi Sensor for LEGO MINDSTORMS can be found here: http://www.dexterindustries.com/wifi.html
More information on using the Wifi Sensor with Pachube and Google Weather can be found here:
http://dexterindustries.com/blog/2012/03/21/di-wifi-week-2-weather-from-google
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