With Time to Market cycles growing smaller, any way to save time while developing is helpful. Now with software tools it is easier than ever before.

The Particle Photon Board is a flexible prototyping platform that allows for a wide range of projects to use the Internet of Things for interactive designs.

The Particle Photon has many advantages for Internet of Things applications with Integrated Wi-Fi, easy code portability and flexible development environment.

With the Gentleman Maker's SmartBrella, you can get to-the-minute readings for the weather just outside your door.

Need to protect your home with something a little stronger than a simple ax, fork, or hoe from unwanted visitors ravaging your garden or vandalizing your home?

More often than not it is becoming very common for developers to come across some reference to APIs, or application programming interfaces.

The Photon allows you to connect the board to the Internet using a built-in Wi-Fi chip and this opens up the many possibilities with the Photon. In this blog you find an example of how to control things over the Internet using Particle functions.