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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. ...

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 ...