Experimental physical web objects

thermometer lamp

Phybo stands for PHYsical weB Objects and is an experimental project about creating simple physical objects that connect and interact with web applications. The idea is to put together physical interaction and web applications and see how they fit. It is inspired by the concepts of physical computing and the web of things.

Physical interaction: arduino

Physical interaction means anything that you can listen, see, touch, push or pull and the object reacts in some way, it means sensors and actuators. To handle this I am using arduino, an open hardware project that can read sensors and control actuators and handles the physical interaction part.

Web applications: the app engine

For the integration with web applications, I use an ethernet shield on top of arduino that talks to a google app engine application. This application handles the integration with other web applications and it will be possible to integrate your objects with twitter, facebook, blogs or other web sites.

Create your object

If you like any of the objects, you can build them and connect them. Just follow the diy instructions and build your own objects. You could also create new objects not listed here, just send me an e-mail to info@phybo.com to let me know.

Currently connected objects

The first object that I have created is a thermometer lamp, that you can see sending temperature data.