I saw this today and figured it would be a shame if it was not shared on this forum considering it’s using a Particle Photon for it’s web connectivity.
In this article I will explain how I made a prototype of a talking piggy bank that connects to an online bank account. I’ll explain how it works and the process I went through; I’ll discuss how it progressed from an ‘interaction’ prototype to an ‘experience’ prototype and how I used the Monzo API to do so.
Pig eBank: what it does
Pig eBank is a piggy bank, but rather than containing physical coins, it is
connected to an online bank account. Here’s a quick video explaining it
in more detail:
If you can’t watch the video, here’s another explanation of what it does.
Official article here: https://blog.prototypr.io/prototyping-a-connected-piggy-bank-1d4e507a9a77#.4luluol6u