We mentioned SparkFun’s brilliant new IOIO for Android earlier this week, a USB I/O breakout board for Android smartphones which turns your handset into a super-Arduino of sorts. Now the brains behind the board, Ytai, has spilled the beans on the project, including some sample code and a handful of ideas that you can use IOIO to create.
For instance, there’s the Retroid, a smart alarm clock which can be told to make different ringing patterns and show various LEDs depending on incoming calls, messages and other events on the handset. Or the Visual Charger, a huge multi-segment LED power indicator which gives an at-a-glance idea of what percentage the smartphone’s battery is at.
We prefer the Wall Printer, though, which uses seven Sharpie-style market pens hooked up to servos for an old-school printer effect controlled by an Android phone. Definitely worth considering if you’re into Android and electronics; you can pre-order the IOIO for Android here, for $49.95.
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Can it make me coffee in the morning?
Apple App Store, USA April 8, 2011–MultiSnooze, a new iPhone app is set to hit the market late next week.
MultiSnooze is the serial snooze button fanatic’s dream come true. MultiSnooze is the new snooze alarm clock app that allows the user to tap the snooze button multiple times right up front and receive a block of contiguous snooze sessions.
MultiSnooze is the most feature oreinted alarm clock app on the market today. In addition to allowing the user to bundle multiple snooze sessions together, MultiSnooze also boasts a “Shake To Snooze” feature, the ability to wake or be alerted to your iTunes playlist, total flexibility in that you can adjust your snooze sessions from one minute to twenty minutes. MultiSnooze also employs a new feature called SoftWake. SoftWake chirps a short audible sound to alert the user when MultiSnooze is transitioning from one snooze period to the next.
MultiSnooze will be out late next week in the Apple App Store. The one-time cost for the app is $1.99.
MultiSnooze..You Snooze…You Win!
Check out our webpage at multisnooze.com
My new book “Making Android Accessories with IOIO” is just out. Its on Amazon etc.
Simon Monk
Great works
Great works