Now that many of us are using Anrdroid or iOS-based mobile devices, the ability to receive push notifications from our own projects is certainly something of interest, however doing so may have seemed quite difficult. However nothing could be further from the truth, and the process has been demonstrated by Mike Haldas.
Doing so requires using a service from the site instapush.im, which offers the required connectivity between your Raspberry Pi and mobile device. Then it's a simple matter of some python code to monitor GPIO, or take action based on your own parameters which can then trigger the instapush service and thus receive the push message on your device.
To learn how to do this yourself, check out Mike's excellent tutorial. And for more, we're on facebook, Google+, and twitter - so follow us for news and product updates as well.
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Jump to comment formMike Haldas said:
John, Thanks for sharing!