Researched, invented, and led interdisciplinary development of an open-source software tool, “ConnectAnyThing,” shortlisted for the IXDA Interaction Awards, Empowering category.
ConnectAnyThing turns an Intel Galileo into a powerful tool for novices to tinker and build with electronics. The tool introduces central concepts of micro-controllers: input, output, analog and digital, through a visual UI that scaffolds into coding and more advanced projects.
Leveraging the Linux capabilities of the Galileo board, ConnectAnyThing broadcasts a Wi-Fi-hotspot and control webpage. Through this webpage, users can see inputs change in real-time, directly control the output pins, or calibrate sensors and map relationships between sensors and actuators from their mobile phone.
ConnectAnyThing underpinned much of Intel's educational outreach for Galileo in K-12, with workshops and curriculum built in partnership with Sparkfun Electronics, Intel Computer Clubhouses, and the San Jose Tech Gyrls.
