iPhone-Controlled Dog Treat Dispenser

November 2009

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The iPhone has already been used to control R/C car, iRobot's Packbot, Unmaned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), iPhone Lego NXT Robo and turned into a walking robot. If you are a dog lover, you are going to love this one.

TUAW reader Stephen Meyers has created a system for dispensing dog treats which can be controlled remotely from his iPhone as a method for checking up on his dog while he's away from home.

Stephen Meyers, a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida was able to put together a dog watching, treat giver with the ioBridge module, a servo smart board, and some random parts such as an old CD spindle case, cardboard scrap etc. He can control with his iPhone over the internet.

The impressive part is it took Stephen less than one hour to complete his fun project and thanks to ioBridge's IO-204 Monitor and Control Module there was no need to run a home web server. The IO-204 module also takes care of the internet connectivity and lets you create user customizable widgets on the ioBridge website thus removing the need for complex programming.

You can checkout the video of Stephen's fun project below: