• Wavethingy – The First Monetizing Robot

    Date: 2009.06.12 | Category: Google Wave Extensions, Google Wave Robots

    Andres Ferrate demonstrated Wavethingy (the first monetizing robot) at the first Google Wave API hackathon.

    Wavethingy (wavethingy@appspot.com) searches Amazon for DVDs and books, and gives the author a cut of any purchases made off the links.

    Author, platform, source code

    Author: Andres Ferrate
    Designed for: Amazon
    Created in: Python

    Who can use Wavethingy robot?

    Anybody who has the access to the Google Wave enviroment.

    Screenshot of Google Wave with the Wavethingy robot

    Note: It is just a printscreen with no Google Wave functionality.

    Example of LIVE embeded Google Wave with the Wavethingy robot