...Social Media Tool Student’s Name Institution Date IFTTT is a social media tool that stands for “if this, then that”. It is useful in automating general web-based activities. This tool has several recipes, and each one of them has a trigger (“this”) and consequent action (“that”) for joining different applications, for instance, Google+ and Instagram (Coles, 2015). A perfect collection of recipes saves time, and it helps in organizing a company’s online activities. For example, it makes it possible to thank automatically twitter followers for retweets by using the buffers social scheduling app. IFTTT is an important social media tool in a business environment for organization and efficiency both at personal and at group levels. It works in such a way that if an activity takes place in one app, the activity sets off an action in a different app (Coles,2015).For instance sharing a photo in Instagram will automatically cause the same photo to be posted in Facebook, Twitter and many other photos sharing services. There are many ways that IFTTT can be applied in a professional setting. They include scheduling social media campaigns. The tool is used to ensure that whatever is posted on social media remains in circulation for longer periods so that most people can see (Coles, 2015). It is used to re-post the content of a business on a regular basis while focusing on blogs that were written that were probably not seen when they were posted for the first time. When new content...
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...provides integration for multiple smart home devices and appliances you can control them by using the following commands. • To turn the lights on/ off and dim them: "Alexa, turn the lights on" or, "Alexa, turn lights off." “Alexa dim the lights by 40 percent” • To discover the smart home device that are enabled in skills you can ask: "Alexa, discover my devices. • You can set the thermostat or fix it to a certain temperature through Alexa: "Alexa, increase/decrease the temperature by 3 degree." "Alexa, set the living room temperature to 75." • You can pair up/down your phone with Echo using Bluetooth by saying: "Alexa, connect/disconnect Bluetooth to my phone." • As we have discussed IFTTT functionality above you can ask Alexa for IFTTT recipes, just say: "Alexa, kindly trigger the [IFTTT recipe]." Purchasing and to-do list: Alexa have this unique capability to handle your to-do list and do purchasing on your behalf from Amazon Prime • You can create a new to-do list and populate the list using following commands: "Alexa, create a to-do." "Alexa, “I need to make doctor appointment”. Add it to my to-do" • Alexa can be a handy partner during shopping. You can create a shopping list, add things to it and make purchase by following commands: "Alexa, add muffins to my shopping list" "Alexa, what's there on my shopping list?" “Alexa, add deodorant to my basket” Searching: Alexa can be the search partner for you. All you need to give her command to act upon it. • Surf Wikipedia...
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...• 公司:2012成立於舊金山的LIFX Labs。 • 創辦人:Phil Bosua LIFX 特色 • • • • 只要替換原有的燈泡即可使用 兼容老燈泡開關 從手機控制所有的燈光顏色及任何燈泡的亮度 擁有專屬Android或iOS App • 自動漸減亮度喚醒使用者起床或幫助入睡 • 自動開關 LIFX 應用 • LIFX應用情境 • LIFX App 7 nest 介紹 Nest Labs是一間加州新創公司,創辦人Tony Fadell 和 Matt Rogers 都曾任職於蘋果,其中Tony Fadell被稱為iPod之父,因為他 是2008年iPod研發團隊的頭兒。 nest 介紹 2010 成立 2011 Nest Thermostat 上市 2013 Nest Protect 上市 2014 Google公布以32億美元高價併購知名恆溫器製 造商Nest Labs,也是Google歷史上排名前3大手筆 2014 Nest以5.55億美元現金收購Dropcam,利用連 網攝影鏡頭,記錄影像上傳雲端,透過行動裝置檢視 nest 應用(Thermostat) Thermostat智慧空調: 1. 自動學習,全自動。 2. 支援各種APP,紀錄習慣,耗能搭配智慧助理 軟體Google Now的定位技術,當使用者在回 家途中,Nest將提前啟動溫控器,到家時就 是最舒適的溫度。 3. 開放式API。 4. 經典外觀。 nest 應用(Nest Protect) Nest Protect煙霧偵測器: 1. 防止誤報警,精確率高。 2. 警報的資訊。 3. 偵測一氧化碳。 4. 透過IFTTT的應用軟體服務,Nest煙霧偵測器 一旦感應到濃煙,就會將警告簡訊傳給鄰居。 nest 應用(Dropcam) Dropcam HD Wi-Fi 1. 支援無線網路,只要透過任何上網 的裝置既可以進行遠端監看。 2. 體積迷你、外觀亦有科技感,同時 安裝極為簡單。 3. 援雙向通話與夜視功能。 4. 攝影畫質達720P HD。 5. 訊號傳輸加密(與線上銀行相同等 級)。 nest 應用(周邊) 賓士和Nest溫度感測器整合, 使車主開車時就能知道並調 整家中溫度 羅技的Ultimate萬用遙控器 惠而浦和Nest的連結,當 Nest偵測到家中沒人時,就 能啟動洗衣機及烘衣機的連 續作業 nest 目前缺點 一對一架構,無法多組設備控 制 離開連線範圍,必須進行透過 固定 IP、DDNS 設定,增加使 用難度 通訊距離的限制 15 整合應用 • 消防整合應用 : 當nest偵測到有煙霧或是CO氣體, 將啟動LIFX 燈泡呈現閃爍紅色,讓 住戶知道有危險,即使是聽障人員。 • 展示影片 整合應用 • 安控整合應用 : • 當渡假不在家時,Nest Thermostat 智慧空調中控會進入離開模式(Away Mode) • Away Mode 結合整個家裡的LIFX燈泡 開關,可自動開燈、關燈,讓你家看起 來像是有人在家的樣子。 總結 • 智能化的燈泡、空調控制、煙霧偵測皆結合WIFI、App控制應用 • 皆有開發元件SDK與API提供整合應用 • LIFX一顆燈泡將近美金 $70~80元,對台灣可能仍需市場的認同 • 愛爾蘭電廠已與Nest合作,綁2年電費方案,就直接送Nest ...
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...What Is the Internet of Things? Mike Loukides & Jon Bruner ISBN: 978-1-491-92180-7 THE O’REILLY INTERNET OF THINGS CONFERENCE “The future has a funny way of sneaking up on you. You don’t notice it until you’re soaking in it. That was the feeling at O’Reilly’s Solid Conference.” — Wired The traditional boundaries between hardware and software are falling. It’s a perfect storm of opportunity for a software-enhanced, networked physical world. The new products and services created from the melding of software, hardware, and data are built by people who work across disciplines and industries. A vibrant new community is emerging, made up of business and industry leaders, software developers, hardware engineers, designers, investors, startup founders, academics, artists, and policy makers—many of whom have never come together before. They gather at Solid to be inspired, to make connections and launch conversations, and to plug into the future for a few days. Will you be a part of it? Find out more at solidcon.com What Is the Internet of Things? Mike Loukides and Jon Bruner What Is the Internet of Things? by Mike Loukides and Jon Bruner Copyright © 2015 O’Reilly Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Published by O’Reilly Media, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472. O’Reilly books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. Online editions are also available for most titles (http://safaribooksonline...
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