Twoddler Application
The twoddler application is basically a Fisher Price Activity Center enhanced with pictures of family members and friends, and an Arduino board inside. All activities are captured by sensors connected to the Arduino board and are processed in two different ways:
- activities are translated into Twitter messages and posted on the toddler's personal Twitter account
- activities are send to another Activity Center and will generate effects (e.g. colored lights that blink) on your friends activity center
The software stack for an Arduino application is simple:
- An Arduino sketch runs on the Arduino board, capturing and processing all incoming data to a nearby computer or to a friend's Activity Center (using Zigbee communication)
- An Processing sketch runs on a computer nearby, translating the incoming data in a human readable message
- The Twitter API is used to communicate with Twitter
