> Think of Arduino as a universal coupler between the land of computers, > and the real world. Physical computing. > > And in the spirit of that, here's a great project someone made using > Arduino (in this case the Tiny) - an ISS passing lamp - > http://mechanicalintegrator.com/2011/iss-notify/. It lights up when the > space station is coming over head. > > I am totally going to have to make one of those. > > -Sean
So, some you know how much I love working with Node.js for work and play, but I'm going to keep beating a dead horse here. Node.js ( http://nodejs.org ) is a JavaScript environment which allows you to script most system functionality from within the Google V8 JavaScript engine *outside of the browser*, and actually compiled on the machine. In particular it is very good at working with the TCP and HTTP protocols (think sockets). This has gotten web geeks all into a frenzy, but because of Node's naturally asynchronous IO capability, I've been thinking that the implications in robotics might be even more exciting. I have not had time to start hacking on it yet... but others have done some cool stuff with Node.js and Arduino: An RC boat controlled remotely via a web portal: http://www.heatsynclabs.org/boutduinode-a-pool-party-with-arduino-node-js-and-an-rc-boat/ Real time freezer monitoring to Twitter so your port doesn't spoil while you're on vacation: http://legitimatesounding.com/blog/Of_Pork,_Freezers,_Tweets,_and_Node_js.html It's not so much that Node.js can do things that we couldn't do before, it's that it is much faster to get a project working within a couple of hours over the weekend compared to other scripting environments I've worked in. _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jul 6 - Arduino-palooza Aug 3 - Scala - 100th MHVLUG meeting Sep 7 - Thing-o-Matic
