diff --git a/.travis.mk b/.travis.mk
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+## Makefile.CI
+#
+# This is for use on [Travis CI](http://travis-ci.org), which is
+# a free distributed continuous integration service with unique
+# set of features:
+# * uses clean ephemeral virtual machines for every build
+# * integrates with GitHub - triggers builds on push and pull-request
+# * it is open source and free for public repositories
+# * features great web UI and bunch of other stuff
+
+JOBS ?= 2
+TAIL ?= tail -n 15
+
+
+EXAMPLES_ALL = hello-world
+
+EXAMPLES_native = ipv6/native-border-router
+
+EXAMPLES_most_non_native = \
+	er-rest-example \
+	ipv6/rpl-border-router \
+	ipv6/rpl-collect \
+	ipv6/rpl-udp \
+	ipv6/simple-udp-rpl \
+	ipv6/slip-radio \
+	webserver-ipv6
+
+EXAMPLES_redbee_econotag = $(EXAMPLES_most_non_native)
+
+EXAMPLES_most_avr  = $(EXAMPLES_most_non_native)
+
+EXAMPLES_micaz     = $(EXAMPLES_most_avr)
+EXAMPLES_avr_raven = $(EXAMPLES_most_avr)
+
+## MARK_EXAMPLES_$(TARGET) provides the mechanism to
+## build the examples which are known to fail but
+## shouldn't be counted as failing for some reason
+MARK_EXAMPLES_micaz = \
+	er-rest-example \
+	ipv6/rpl-border-router \
+	ipv6/rpl-collect \
+	ipv6/rpl-udp \
+	ipv6/simple-udp-rpl \
+	ipv6/slip-radio \
+	webserver-ipv6
+
+## EXCLUDE_$(TARGETS) provides the mechanism to
+## not build the examples which are known to fail
+EXCLUDE_avr_raven = ipv6/rpl-collect
+
+EXAMPLES_sky = $(EXAMPLES_most_non_native) sky-shell
+
+COOJA_TESTS_DIR     = tools/cooja/contiki_tests
+COOJA_TESTS_ALL     = $(COOJA_TESTS_DIR)/*_helloworld.csc
+## Some Cooja tests can also be excluded:
+#EXCLUDE_COOJA_TESTS = servreg-hack.csc sky_coffee.csc rime_collect.csc rime_trickle.csc 
+## And some can also be marked:
+#MARK_COOJA_TESTS    = crosslevel.csc ip_sky_telnet_ping.csc
+
+CT := \033[0;0m
+
+ifdef BOXED_SIGNS
+  SKIP_SIGN := ☐
+  FAIL_SIGN := ☒
+  PASS_SIGN := ☑
+else
+  SKIP_SIGN := ✈
+  FAIL_SIGN := ✘
+  PASS_SIGN := ✔
+endif
+
+
+## FIXME: this will misbehave when we intend to skip `examples1` but there is also `examples123` that fails also
+SKIP  = (echo $(SKIP_LIST) | grep -q $$e && (echo "\033[1;36m  $(SKIP_SIGN) ➝ ❨ $$e ⊈ $@ ❩$(CT)"; $(TAIL) $(LOG); echo skip >> results) || false)
+FAIL  = (echo "\033[1;35m  $(FAIL_SIGN) ➝ ❨ $$e ∉ $@ ❩$(CT)"; $(TAIL) $(LOG); echo fail >> results)
+PASS  = (echo "\033[1;32m  $(PASS_SIGN) ➝ ❨ $$e ∈ $@ ❩$(CT)"; echo pass >> results)
+
+ifeq ($(BUILD_TYPE),multi)
+THIS = $(MAKE) -C examples/$$e TARGET=$@ > $(LOG) 2>&1
+MINE = $(filter-out $(EXCLUDE_$(subst -,_,$@)), $(EXAMPLES_ALL) $(EXAMPLES_$(subst -,_,$@)))
+SKIP_LIST = $(MARK_EXAMPLES_$(subst -,_,$@))
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BUILD_TYPE),cooja)
+JAVA = java -mx512m
+THIS = $(SHELL) -x -c "cd `dirname $$e` && $(JAVA) -jar ../dist/cooja.jar -nogui=`basename $$e`" > $(LOG) #2>&1
+MINE = $(filter-out $(addprefix $(COOJA_TESTS_DIR)/, $(EXCLUDE_COOJA_TESTS)), $(wildcard $(COOJA_TESTS_ALL)))
+SKIP_LIST = $(addprefix $(COOJA_TESTS_DIR)/, $(MARK_COOJA_TESTS))
+endif
+
+LOG  = /tmp/$@_`echo $$e | sed 's:/:_:g'`.log
+
+%:
+	@echo "\033[1;37m ➠ ❨$@❩ $(CT)"
+	@for e in $(MINE); do $(THIS) && $(PASS) || $(SKIP) || $(FAIL); done;
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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+language: c #NOTE: this will set CC=gcc which might cause trouble
+before_script:
+  - "sudo apt-get -qq update"
+  ## Install these mainline toolchains for all build types
+  - "sudo apt-get -qq install gcc-msp430 || true"
+  - "sudo apt-get -qq install gcc-avr avr-libc || true"
+  ## Install toolchain for mc1233x in care-free way
+  - "[ $BUILD_TYPE = multi ] && curl -s \
+       https://sourcery.mentor.com/public/gnu_toolchain/arm-none-eabi/arm-2008q3-66-arm-none-eabi-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.bz2 \
+         | tar xjf - -C /tmp/ && sudo cp -f -r /tmp/arm-2008q3/* /usr/ && rm -rf /tmp/arm-2008q3 && arm-none-eabi-gcc --version || true"
+  ## Compile cooja.jar only when it's going to be needed
+  - "[ $BUILD_TYPE = cooja ] && java -version && ant -q -f tools/cooja/build.xml jar || true"
+
+  ## IMPORTANT: The commands here have to end with `|| true`,
+  ## because it would make the test fail if BUILD_TYPE test fails
+
+script:
+  ## The makefile called `.travis.mk` handles most of generic logic
+  - "make -f .travis.mk $MAKE_TARGETS"
+
+after_script:
+  ## Print a basic summary in unix style
+  - "echo 'Summary:'; cat results | sort | uniq -c"
+  ## This will detect whether the build should pass or fail
+  - "test `grep -c 'fail' results` -eq 0"
+
+
+env:
+  ## This magically kick-off parallel jobs for each of the for the sets
+  ## of environment variable defined below
+  - BUILD_TYPE='multi' MAKE_TARGETS='native minimal-net redbee-econotag sky micaz avr-raven'
+  - BUILD_TYPE='cooja' MAKE_TARGETS='cooja' TAIL=cat