The Physically Aware Web
With the advent of Ajax and RIA, we’ve come a long way from the page refresh metaphor, but we can go a lot further. With the continually decreasing cost of hardware, and the trend towards open source, it is now easier than ever to equip your web application with physical computing hardware.
In session on “The Physically Aware Web,” Adobe’s Kevin Hoyt will provide a gentle introduction to leveraging web technologies such as Flash and JavaScript to interact with electronic sensors such as servo motors and RFID, to weather stations and ultrasonic distance measuring.