Welcome to the mashup-tools wiki!

The goal of this wiki is to be a guide to the different tools and tips that ubicomp developers use when building technology mash-ups. Our definition of a mashup may differ from yours, so take a look at MashupDefinition first.

• ScreenPoking tools generate mouse and keyboard events to control PC applications through other means (mechanical, electronic, or through software). These are INPUT ONLY. see also GUI Automation

• ScreenScraping tools

• Electronics:
  • Hardware to PC interfaces reading sensors on your PC, controlling actuators from your PC
  • Simple Microcontrollers embedded control of sensors and actuators; mostly with roll-your-own PC connectivity.

• Transducers that change one type of input/output into another
  • Game console to PC adapters let you turn game console controllers such as the DDR Dance Pad into PC game controllers.
  • Game Controller to Keyboard and Mouse Transducer turn game controller events into to key+mouse events
  • Optoisolators

• Automation Software
  • GUI Automation remote control for your local apps
  • Web Browser Automation script your web browsing and change web pages client-side

• ScriptingLanguages make it easy to control and sequence local apps

• APIs and Data Formats that help to data exchange between local and remote services

• Some Specific Solutions - some particular kinds of glue ware that work well
  • Video Processing if you are working with moving images...

• Lost&Found - everything that didn't fit neatly in one of the categories above

• Learn more - reference material
  • Books
  • Sites