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Woof! An iPhone-controlled dog treat dispenser
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... TUAW reader Stephen Myers sent us a link about a fun little project he worked on. He wants to be able to check on his dog's well-being and reward the dog with treats from anywhere he can use his iPhone. Stephen found out about ...

Control Your Dog Treat Dispenser With An iPhone
Ubergizmo — ... The iPhone is not only a smartphone, but it seems to attract all the smart people, resulting in smart applications that we never would have dreamt of arriving so soon. Case in point, Stephen Myers who discovered that he is able to use an I/O module and servo smart board from ioBridge, a servo, an old CD spindle case, some cardboard and wood scraps, a large syringe plunger, and a webcam to build his very own dog treat dispenser that can be controlled via the iPhone without the need for any programming. The system-generated Javascript that is embedded into a web page optimized for ...

Homebrew iPhone App Lets You Reward Sparky From Afar [Homebrew]
Gizmodo — ... feed from a webcam on his dog's kennel, so that he would be able to see what his dog is up to when it thinks no one is watching. If Sparky is being a good boy, Myer could press a button that will give Sparky a treat! However, if Sparky is misbehaving, I have to wonder if this application can get the dispenser to smack Sparky with a broom. Although this application is not for purchase, Myer's blog has step-by-step instructions on how to turn your iPhone into your very own dogwatcher. [Cygnet via ...

iPhone-enabled dogcam and remote treat dispenser
Core77 — This is one of the more amazing hacks I've seen all year: An iPhone-enabled dog webcam and remote dog treat dispenser. Stephen Myers, a Ph. D student in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, rigged up a webcam so he could check in on his dog while he's in school. But that wasn't enough: Myers built a motorized dog treat dispenser out of a CD spindle case, cardboard scraps, random household junk and a servo motor, then hooked it up to the internet using an ioBridge "Smart Board." He can now hit a button on his iPhone to see his dog, ...

iPhone-enabled dog webcam and remote dog treat dispenser
textually.org — ... , An iPhone-enabled dog webcam and remote dog treat dispenser, concocted by Stephen Myers, a Ph. D student in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida. ...

iPhone-controlled remote dog webcam & treat dispenser
SlashGear — ... What can you do in 90 minutes?  If you’re Stephen Myers, you can set up a webcam-enabled dog-treat dispenser that you can remotely access from your iPhone.  Created from a CD spindle case, scraps of cardboard, a servo motor and some random junk Stephen found lying around his house, the system allows him to watch his dog from the Apple smartphone and dispense a tasty treat. ...

Nerds and Dogs Unite
Mac|Life all RSS Feed — cooper the dog Do you sit in a pool of your own anxious sweat counting the hours until you can get home to see if Fido has completely trashed your $3,000+ Mac Pro setup? Neither do we, we all own cats. On the off chance that you do have a dog and spend your days worrying about Rovers canine antics, there is a DIY solution that will let you keep an eye on Rin-Tin-Tin while you are out. Stephen Myer created a remote doggy-treat dispenser with some simple items that can be found around any self-respecting nerds house and ...

Give your dog a treat without even being there
iPhone Buzz — ... Myers gives credit to ioBridge’s smart boards, which is an Internet interface that requires no programming skills from users. The ioBridge software will either set up an online interface page for you, or spit out Javascript commands for you to embed into your own site.  For those who are more interested in the details, you can read more in his blog. ...

iPhone controlled dog treat dispenser
Hack a Day — ... [Stephen Myers] has been toying around with some beta ioBridge hardware. He decided to build a remote control dog treat dispenser. ...

iPhone-Controlled Dog Treat Dispenser
iPhone Hacks — ... with his iPhone over the internet. The impressive part is it took Stephen less than one hour to complete his fun project and thanks to ioBridge's IO-204 Monitor and Control Module there was no need to run a home web server. The IO-204 module also takes care of the internet connectivity and lets you create user customizable widgets on the ioBridge website thus removing the need for complex programming. You can checkout the video of Stephen's fun project below: You can checkout Stephen's website for more detailed information on his project. As always, drop us a line in the ...

Give your dog a treat without even being there
Top iPhone News — ... Myers gives credit to ioBridge’s smart boards, which is an Internet interface that requires no programming skills from users. The ioBridge software will either set up an online interface page for you, or spit out Javascript commands for you to embed into your own site.  For those who are more interested in the details, you can read more in his blog. ...

Feed Your Dog With an iPhone
Wired: Epicenter — Stephen Myers has a dog, an iPhone and not much time. As a University of Florida Ph. D student, he's rarely home. So he did what any engineer would do: he created a way to give his dog a treat remotely, through his iPhone. Okay, maybe he has too much time. Myers posted a video (embedded above) of the gizmo in action and wrote up a how-to. He used a beta version of an ioBridge module, hardware that can connect to both the internet and the physical world. Viewing a simple ...

iPhone using ioBridge to Monitor and Control Fish Tank
Hacked Gadgets - DIY Tech Blog — ... , machine to feed your dog a treat through the internet and many more items every month. The video above is a by Pete from ...