Broadcast is a Sinatra web application that runs on Android devices using JRuby and the Scripting Layer for Android (SL4A). It allows remote monitoring and control of Android devices over a network by exposing the Android API through a web interface. Current features include viewing battery, temperature, location and controlling the camera remotely. Future plans include remote video/audio recording and transcription. The project aims to demonstrate Ruby applications on Android and lay the groundwork for more advanced uses through remote device management, diagnostics and location tracking.

3. Easy to develop and distribute software

5. Python

6. Perl

7. and many more!

10. Remote control : Allow remote control of an Android device over a network.

11. Proof-of-concept : Demonstrate that complex ruby applications can run on Android

12. Get the ball rolling : Set the groundwork for a number of advanced ruby applications.

14. Remote device diagnostic utilities

15. Location tracking systems

16. Temporary network file servers

18. view charging state

19. view last location

20. remote camera control and image preview

21. remote text-to-speech

22. file browsing, downloading and uploading

24. remote audio recording

25. remote audio transcriptions

28. Not feature complete

29. It's alpha software running on alpha software

30. Camera functionality temporarily broken!

31. IANAD

33. SL4A, Scripting Layer for Android

34. Lightweight, pure ruby server stack:

35. sinatra + rack + webrick

36. rack-test and test/unit

37. jquery Javascript framework

38. jquery-file-tree for file browsing

39. JSON for serializing AJAX request data

41. Can connect from the outside internet via SSH tunneling, DMZ, port-forwarding, etc.

43. T-Mobile blocks all incoming ports

44. Sprint?

45. AT&T?

47. Updated often

48. Has a sweet mailing list

49. Google has Damon Kohler working on this full-time

51. http://panopticdev.com

52. Questions?