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Published inNov 2014
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Craig Gilchrist
Craig Gilchrist
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Craig Gilchrist

Craig Gilchrist is the Digital Director at Eden Agency (http://createdineden.com/), a small but mighty digital agency that is at the forefront of proximity marketing. His team is one of the first to release commercial iBeacon-powered apps in the world and currently boast over 1.5 million app downloads in multiple fields and have a perfectly balanced technical and creative team. Craig is based in North Yorkshire, England, and has been developing commercial software since graduating from the University of Teesside in 2004 with a BSc in Software Engineering and has been building apps for iOS since 2009. Craig is an avid reader and is always at the forefront of commercial technological developments. Other than mobile app development and digital marketing, Craig also has a keen interest in developing rich media, including gaming, children's interactive media, and a very keen interest in Unity and virtual reality with Oculus Rift.
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iBeacon and home automation


You might be asking yourself where iBeacon fits into all of these amazing projects, and the answer is everywhere! What makes all of these projects so incredibly successful is their open platforms, which means that as an iOS developer with an iPhone or iPad, the world is your oyster.

My team at my company, Eden Agency, likes to play with the Internet of Things. Since we're a team of app developers, we like to get our hands dirty hacking at anything hackable, and this means I've been fortunate enough to get my hands on lots of technologies that are making waves in home automation.

A great middleware piece of hardware is the Ninja Block since it simplifies the interfacing between devices. By using Ninja Blocks, you can automatically wire up Belkin WeMo devices and Phillips Hue devices as actuators for any of your triggers, including web hooks.

By setting up a web hook, you can effectively trigger interactions in your home by doing a simple HTTP post request from your...

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Craig Gilchrist

Craig Gilchrist is the Digital Director at Eden Agency (http://createdineden.com/), a small but mighty digital agency that is at the forefront of proximity marketing. His team is one of the first to release commercial iBeacon-powered apps in the world and currently boast over 1.5 million app downloads in multiple fields and have a perfectly balanced technical and creative team. Craig is based in North Yorkshire, England, and has been developing commercial software since graduating from the University of Teesside in 2004 with a BSc in Software Engineering and has been building apps for iOS since 2009. Craig is an avid reader and is always at the forefront of commercial technological developments. Other than mobile app development and digital marketing, Craig also has a keen interest in developing rich media, including gaming, children's interactive media, and a very keen interest in Unity and virtual reality with Oculus Rift.
Read more about Craig Gilchrist