Name Hans Scharler Role Actor | Movies Greencastle | |
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Hans Scharler is an American inventor, entrepreneur, actor, and writer. His recent film work is Greencastle, where Scharler portrays Roy Baker, District Dean and serves as executive Producer, script supervisor, and music director.
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Scharler co-founded ioBridge, an Internet of Things company on July 1, 2008. His work at ioBridge led to several Internet of Things patents. While at ioBridge, he created ThingSpeak, an Open Source Internet of Things platform.
On September 1, 2011, Hans Scharler was named to the Internet of Things Top 100 Thinkers list curated by Postscapes.
MyToaster
In 2008, Hans Scharler released MyToaster, a toaster that connects to the Internet and updates its Twitter status with either Toasting or Done Toasting. The toaster connects to the Internet via ioBridge and uses web services from ThingSpeak to interface with the Twitter API.
CheerLights
In 2011, Hans Scharler released CheerLights, a global network of synchronized multicolored lights.
Internet of Things Pittsburgh
On April 9, 2014, Hans Scharler formed IoTPGH, an Internet of Things Meetup (website) in Pittsburgh, PA.