Michael Carroll

We make it easy for developers and product teams to incorporate real-time data streams into applications and focus on innovation, not infrastructure.

Arduino Board Comparisons: Picking the Right Board
InsightsApr 17, 2015

Arduino Board Comparisons: Picking the Right Board

This blog post looks at different Arduino boards to help you pick the right board for whatever your Internet of Things use case is.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
How to Build an Android Beacon (iBeacon) Emitter [3/3]
BuildApr 16, 2015

How to Build an Android Beacon (iBeacon) Emitter [3/3]

A tutorial and live example of how to build an Android iBeacon (beacon) emitter, the app that publishes signals to Android iBeacon detectors to trigger action.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
How to Build an Android Beacon (iBeacon) Detector [2/3]
BuildApr 15, 2015

How to Build an Android Beacon (iBeacon) Detector [2/3]

A tutorial and example of how to build an Android beacon (aka iBeacon) detector, the app that listens for signals from the emitter and triggers an action.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
Smart Cities Will Use 1.1 Billion Connected Devices in 2015
InsightsApr 10, 2015

Smart Cities Will Use 1.1 Billion Connected Devices in 2015

The Internet of Things drives the new city, and smart cities are estimated to use 1.1 billion connected devices in 2015.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
Triggering littleBits LEDs with Node.js Using Johnny-Five
BuildApr 9, 2015

Triggering littleBits LEDs with Node.js Using Johnny-Five

How to trigger a littleBits LED light in real time whenever a tweet is sent through the Twitter firehose with Node.js using Johnny-Five.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
Tessel iBeacon Tutorial: Building the Emitter (Pt 3)
BuildApr 9, 2015

Tessel iBeacon Tutorial: Building the Emitter (Pt 3)

How to build a Tessel iBeacon emitter to publish data to a Tessel Beacon emitter. Part 3 of our series on building Tessel iBeacon technology with PubNub.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
Tessel iBeacon Tutorial: Building the Detector (Pt 2)
BuildApr 7, 2015

Tessel iBeacon Tutorial: Building the Detector (Pt 2)

How to build a Tessel iBeacon detector to receive data from a Tessel Beacon emitter. Part two of our series on building Tessel iBeacon technology with PubNub.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
Create a Tessel Beacon with a BLE Module (Tutorial Overview)
BuildApr 7, 2015

Create a Tessel Beacon with a BLE Module (Tutorial Overview)

How to build a smart, two-way Tessel beacon, including a full tutorial, code, and demo. This is the equivalent of an iBeacon made with Tessel.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
Build an Android Multi-user, Collaborative To-Do App
BuildApr 2, 2015

Build an Android Multi-user, Collaborative To-Do App

How to build a multi-user, collaborative to-do app with Java for Android mobile users. Full tutorial and downloadable, open source code.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll