What do you do when you have animals to look after but don’t have enough hours in the day to care for all their needs? Well we have seen uses of technology to feed your animals automatically. Food isn’t the only need, of course they need water also. But have no fear technology can help us there also. After all that food and water has been consumed they have some other needs, you guessed it, some tech can come to the rescue in that department also. Every now and then our pets need to be cleaned from all that lovely automation, no problem, we have an app for that. And lastly we need to keep track of them as if they were inmates in your house, this issue can also be solved using some technology!
Now that we have covered what is needed to take care of our indoor animals, what about your outdoor animals? Why are the chickens being left out here? Well this is no longer a problem. 🙂 The ioBridge which has been featured here before is in control of the Fussy Chicken coop. I can’t wait to see what new projects the ioBridge will be handling in the new year. If you have played with one of these controllers I would love to hear about what you have built.
“Temperature, light level and door status data is brought to the page in real time via an ioBridge. An Apple Airport Express connects the ioBridge to the outside world via our wireless network, and also extends the range of our network out into the back yard.
The VSBb Automatic Chicken Coop Door Opener lets the girls out at sunrise and back in at sunset while keeping nighttime predators out of the coop. It’s extremely reliable, and it’s four AA batteries seem to last forever. Although fully automatic, it can be operated via the Web if need be. When the door opens or closes, the ioBridge sends a text message to my iPhone. It also sends a Tweet to @fussychickens and an update to Facebook via ping.fm, reminding me to fire up a browser and make sure all the chickens are in for the evening. The door usually opens and closes when the light level is about 35.”
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