Part Two next week will have you building a physical interface to control a Csound environment via Midi.
ENGADGET: How-To Control Csound with a Custom Midi Controller: Introduction (1 of 2)
One such device, coined Droplet, essentially redirects light from one source to another, while also serving as a physical interface for tablet-based tasks.
Since there's no physical interface on the device to configure WiFi, the company's developed Blinkup, a way to enter SSID and password information on any iOS and Android smartphone and beam it to the Electric Imp's light sensor by rapidly pulsing the handset's screen on and off.
ENGADGET: Hands-on with the Electric Imp at Maker Faire (video)
Then, that data was pushed to a tablet after placing the Droplet on the display, pulling up the same calendar appointment and providing a physical interface for adjusting the date and time, which is retained in the cloud and the module itself, which also outputs pulsing light as it counts down to the appointment time.
It features a simple interface and the physical key requirement provides an additional layer of security that avoids using a vendor's redirection service such as those offered by Cloud Engines for PogoPlug or Axentra for Netgear's Stora.
The drives themselves are hot-swappable with interface modules that handle the physical connection to the computer.
Sadly, with a mess of WiFi signals and Bluetooth devices at the Las Vegas Convention Center (TV Connect included), navigating TV Connect's Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean interface could only be done via physical buttons -- the TV Touch remote is otherwise advertised to interact with the camera by placing a cursor on screen, navigable by physically pointing the giant remote at your screen.
Navigating the player interface was easy and intuitive at both the physical and software levels.
The fitness app functions as a social networking site with a videogame-style interface that lets users "level up" based on their physical activities.
With SimpleTap users can take advantage of Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) in a number of ways such as using the NFC card shipping with all 802.11ac enabled Smart Wi-Fi routers, pushing the physical WPS button on a router or pushing the WPS button in the router's browser or app interface.
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