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Jamie over at Initial State has posted a great new tutorial<\/a> which uses an ultrasonic sensor with a GrovePi board to keep an eye on a stash of Girl Scout cookies. When an intruder is detected, the IS service is called and an SMS generated to a named recipient. Great little IoT project. Read more about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’ll be looking at the Initial State service once the Big Birthday Weekend is finished – I just need to find a little time \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jamie over at Initial State has posted a great new tutorial which uses an ultrasonic sensor with a GrovePi board to keep an eye on a stash of Girl Scout cookies. When an intruder is detected, the IS service is…<\/p>\n

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