Dot is Dash's companion and is the brains without the brawn! Whilst Dot doesn't have wheels to make it move, it has loads of cool sensors and can interact with Dash as well as being used as a stand-alone device.
Dot can hear sound, light up any colour you like, know when and how it is being moved and communicate with Dash.
Programming Dot Wonder Workshop have created a whole suite of free applications for iOS and Android phones and tablets. The apps are also available for Kindle.
Wonder and Blockly offer a visual coding experience that guides beginners through their first programs and lets students experiment with logic, loops and variables as their skills increase.
Q. Hi, can Dash be configured/programmed to call an external web service? e.g. an Amazon web service.
I am thinking of using it as a fun controller for my Home Automation system.
A. Hi Tim, thank you for your question. Dash is only connected with mobile devices via Bluetooth and therefore doesn't access the internet. This means that it cannot access external websites. However it could be possible to make Dash give audio commands to other devices like Alexa or Siri that can access external websites. Dash allows up to 10 custom sounds that can be integrated into the coding process in Wonder or Blockly.
