[Swansea Hackspace] Spark + IFTTT = Internet Button

[The Spark Team]

Our IFTTT integration is live, and we've launched a new product: The Internet Button!   No Images?  Click here http://spark.cmail2.com/t/t-e-trurthy-thvdtkhh-h/                         Spark + IFTTT = Internet Button

Hello Spark Friends,

We've been looking for ways to make it easier to get started with Spark, both on the hardware side and the software side. We've got two announcements today:

An integration with  IFTTT [https://www.spark.io/ifttt?utm_source=newsletterjan&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=paragraph1] to make it easy to connect Spark with other web servicesThe  Internet Button [https://www.spark.io/button?utm_source=newsletterjan&utm_medium=email&utm_term=button&utm_campaign=paragraph1], a Spark-powered button that you can press to do something on the internet, available on our website for $49 (including a Photon!)

The Internet Button is connected with IFTTT out of the box, so together you can build a connected product without any electronics knowledge and without writing a single line of code! Read on for more.

IFTTT (If This Then That) integration is live!

Activate the Spark channel on IFTTT [https://ifttt.com/spark?utm_source=sparknewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=button&utm_campaign=spark]

We're very excited to announce the new  Spark Channel [http://www.ifttt.com/spark] on IFTTT! This is our most requested feature and will make it really easy to hook up your Spark Core or Photon to web services like  Facebook [https://ifttt.com/facebook],  Github [https://ifttt.com/github], and  Slack [https://ifttt.com/slack], or to other connected hardware like  Nest [https://ifttt.com/nest_thermostat],  WeMo [https://ifttt.com/wemo_switch], and  littleBits [https://ifttt.com/littlebits].

Triggers and Actions: IFTTT integrates into the Spark back-end so you can fire "Triggers" when something happens on your hardware (e.g. send an email when motion is detected) and trigger "Actions" when something happens on the internet (e.g. turn on a light when there's a new top post on Reddit).Tutorials:  We've put together a  tutorial [http://community.spark.io/t/beginner-tutorial-ifttt-monitor-a-device-status-trigger/9406] for beginners to IFTTT that walks through using the Monitor a Device status Trigger. We'll continue to post additional tutorials throughout the week that are designed to help give you the tools to feel comfortable using Spark + IFTTT in all sorts of ways.Documentation: Details on firmware requirements and answers to FAQs about the channel can be found in this  new docs section [http://docs.spark.io/ifttt?utm_source=newsletterjan&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Docs&utm_campaign=ifttt].

Are you building a product with Spark? We're hoping to make it possible to extend our IFTTT channel into a custom channel for your Spark-powered product. If you're interested in this feature, please  contact us [mailto:sales at spark.io].

NEW PRODUCT: The Internet Button, connected with IFTTT

Introducing the  Internet Button [https://www.spark.io/button?utm_source=newsletterjan&utm_medium=email&utm_term=para2&utm_campaign=button] - connected with IFTTT. When you press this button, something happens on the internet. What happens, exactly? Whatever you want - you can build an IFTTT recipe to connect the Button to hundreds of web services. This $49 kit is a great way to explore hardware and start prototyping without electronics knowledge.  The Button will ship with firmware on-board that hooks it up to IFTTT, but just like all our stuff, it's totally reprogrammable and can do whatever you want!

Yep, hardware and web integration made extra easy. Some features of the Internet Button:

Ships with a removable Photon11 individually addressable LEDs (Neopixels!)4 directional buttons (Konami code ready*)A 3-axis accelerometerReady for  awesome 3D printed cases [http://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Modeling-a-Spark-Diffuser/]

The Internet Button will start shipping in May with our second run of Photons. Order yours today!

Pre-order a Button [https://www.spark.io/button?utm_source=newsletterjan&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Order&utm_campaign=button]                Spark Community in 2015

We've got a lot planned for the first few months of 2015, starting out with the new IFTTT channel and Internet Button. We're big believers in listening to our community's feedback as we continue to enrich the Spark platform. We love and value feedback, bug reports and projects that you're willing to share. Please join us at  community.spark.io [https://community.spark.io] and share your thoughts!

Join the Spark Community [http://community.spark.io]

Hope you enjoy our latest announcement; there's more great stuff coming in February, so stay tuned!

We love you all,

Zach and the Spark team

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Integrate the small vision sensor with Spark to track colored objects.

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Use the Internet Button to visualize hashtag data from Twitter in real time.

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