Re: tlug: Programming Household Hardware

["Atlas21 Shawn" <gray_s@example.com>]

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I wrote wrote:

    Atlas21> I'd like to control power to household items such as
    Atlas21> lights, TV, VCR, from my console (or even a browser html
    Atlas21> form interface).
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And then Stephen wrote:

A friend of mine looked at starting up a company to install these in
homes, probably based on Linux, but he decided STEMs[1] were sexier.  I
think the technology in question is called X10 or something like that.

Footnotes:
[1]  Scanning tunneling electron microscope.  No cutting plasterboard
involved, much better for your lungs, too.

=== Er.... anything more specific on what those are used for? :-)

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Getting married and moving out your way next year.
Is there a Tsukuba LUG ? :-)

And are there any computer/linux-related jobs?! ;-)
Shawn



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