ioBridge is a manufacturer of Internet-based monitor and control hardware and a provider of seamlessly integrated cloud-based social Web 2.0 folksonomies and curated online API webservices, using WebSocket, JSON and a host of other related technologies.
Jason Winters and Hans Scharler founded ioBridge in Gainesville, Florida on June 26, 2008.[1]
In December 2008, ioBridge released the IO-204 Monitor and Control Module and web services platform to connect electronics projects online such as an iPhone-controlled dog treat dispenser[2] and a toaster that could post to Twitter.[3]
In 2009, ReadWriteWeb chose the IO-204 Module as one of its "Top 10 Internet of Things Products of 2009",[4] and Ben Arnold from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) explored the possibilities of using the IO-204 for social-network-aware home automation in the article "Growing the connected home ecosystem".[5]
User projects using the ioBridge module and web services have been featured on popular technology blogs such as Engadget[6][7][8] and Hackaday.[9][10]