<s>
ioBridge	B-Device
is	O
a	O
manufacturer	O
of	O
Internet-based	O
monitor	O
and	O
control	O
hardware	O
and	O
a	O
provider	O
of	O
seamlessly	O
integrated	O
cloud-based	O
social	O
Web	O
2.0	O
folksonomies	B-General_Concept
and	O
curated	O
online	O
API	B-General_Concept
webservices	O
,	O
using	O
WebSocket	B-Protocol
,	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
and	O
a	O
host	O
of	O
other	O
related	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jason	O
Winters	O
and	O
Hans	O
Scharler	O
founded	O
ioBridge	B-Device
in	O
Gainesville	O
,	O
Florida	O
on	O
June	O
26	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2008	O
,	O
ioBridge	B-Device
released	O
the	O
IO-204	O
Monitor	O
and	O
Control	O
Module	O
and	O
web	O
services	O
platform	O
to	O
connect	O
electronics	O
projects	O
online	O
such	O
as	O
an	O
iPhone-controlled	O
dog	O
treat	O
dispenser	O
and	O
a	O
toaster	O
that	O
could	O
post	O
to	O
Twitter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
User	O
projects	O
using	O
the	O
ioBridge	B-Device
module	O
and	O
web	O
services	O
have	O
been	O
featured	O
on	O
popular	O
technology	O
blogs	O
such	O
as	O
Engadget	O
and	O
Hackaday	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IO-204	O
Module	O
connects	O
to	O
a	O
Local	B-General_Concept
Area	I-General_Concept
Network	I-General_Concept
using	O
10/100/1000Base	O
-T	O
Ethernet	O
and	O
then	O
establishes	O
an	O
encrypted	O
connection	O
to	O
ioBridge	B-Device
web	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IO-204	O
has	O
four	O
GPIO	B-Architecture
channels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
channel	O
supports	O
smart	O
boards	O
to	O
add	O
serial	O
communication	O
for	O
microcontrollers	O
such	O
as	O
Arduino	O
or	O
BASIC	B-Language
Stamp	I-Language
,	O
servo	O
control	O
,	O
or	O
X10	O
outlet	O
and	O
light	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ioBridge	B-Device
modules	O
are	O
accessed	O
via	O
an	O
ioBridge.com	O
hosted	O
web	O
interface	O
for	O
configuration	O
,	O
control	O
,	O
and	O
monitoring	O
from	O
a	O
web	O
browser	O
supporting	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
CSS	B-Language
,	O
and	O
HTML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
APIs	B-General_Concept
allow	O
the	O
web	O
services	O
to	O
be	O
extended	O
and	O
integrated	O
into	O
third-party	O
applications	O
using	O
a	O
RESTful	B-Protocol
interface	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
