The Internet of Things is exploding and it's a great time to join in: more and more devices like the Arduino, Netduino and Gadgeteer are becoming available. The question is, how do I get started?

We will look at what is available in terms of popular hardware for building your Thing, and a demo of how to develop for the Arduino, followed by an introduction to the Gadgeteer and .Net Micro Framework, hopefully finishing up with a fairly simple but connected Gadgeteer based Thing (Wifi Allowing!).