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100 open source gems
22-05-2009 3:08 PM
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Re: 100 open source gems
23-05-2009 3:20 PM
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Re: 100 open source gems
25-05-2009 2:21 PM
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For those that missed it, you pair your mobile's bluetooth with the bluetooth on a laptop/pc, when your phone moves a set range from the laptop it can run a script which locks the laptop. It can run any script and I'm trying to think of really cool ones!
Maybe you could set up Linux to control the lighting in every room, stick in a bluetooth reciever and when your phone goes near/into a room, it'll turn the lights on for you after a certain time of night?
Or you could set it to learn what times you generally get up for a coffee, and if it sees you getting up at X time, it'll automatically start to boil the kettle (though you would need to make sure its full enough every time).
The possibilities are endless and quite fantastic
Re: 100 open source gems
27-05-2009 12:36 AM
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<stickinthemud>Personally, I don't have one of these new-fangled mobile things and wouldn't recognise Bluetooth if one bit me</stickinthemud>
"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: 100 open source gems
27-05-2009 9:51 AM
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If you RFID'd up your house in extreme style, you could at least look on your computer to locate objects (Are my car keys on i)Bedside cabinet? ii)Bookshelf in hallway iii)On top of cistern in downstairs loo... etc)
Re: 100 open source gems
27-05-2009 1:14 PM
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I wonder how accurate bluetooth is at detecting the distance you are from the reciever, or if its just a case of walking out of range of it?
Re: 100 open source gems
27-05-2009 1:35 PM
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Quote from: dgwebb That bluetooth utility seems a fantastic idea, so simple in the idea of it, but one of those ideas which make you think "why didn't I think of that?".
For those that missed it, you pair your mobile's bluetooth with the bluetooth on a laptop/pc, when your phone moves a set range from the laptop it can run a script which locks the laptop. It can run any script and I'm trying to think of really cool ones!
How's about using it to lock/immobilise your car when you leave it? Our Fiat already has a pretty nifty Bluetooth setup builtin for controlling mobile phones and integrated with the radio, mp3, usb socket, data recorder plus gawd alone knows what else. The only worrying thing is it's driven by Microsoft's Windows Mobile so I'm not sure I trust it
Mike
Re: 100 open source gems
27-05-2009 3:34 PM
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Re: 100 open source gems
27-05-2009 4:57 PM
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Quote from: dgwebb I wonder how accurate bluetooth is at detecting the distance you are from the reciever, or if its just a case of walking out of range of it?
The trigger is when you are out of range, which to all intents and purposes is the same as your phone battery going flat.
Not helpful for some applications.
Re: 100 open source gems
27-05-2009 5:53 PM
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Quote from: James_G The trigger is when you are out of range, which to all intents and purposes is the same as your phone battery going flat.
As both Bluetooth devices would be active it might not be too difficult to make it dependent on detected signal strength, and configurable. As you say you'd need some form of safeguard to prevent your car suddenly deciding you weren't there just as you're doing that dodgy overtake of an artic
These things always look good on new cars; not sure if I'd want a 10 year old Citroen or Renault with such a thing fitted!
Mike
Re: 100 open source gems
27-05-2009 6:08 PM
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Quote from: MrC not sure if I'd want a 10 year old Citroen or Renault with such a thing fitted!
I have a 5 year old Renault with various electical maladies.
I console myself that as each thing stops working, the car has less things left to go wrong...
Re: 100 open source gems
27-05-2009 6:45 PM
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Quote from: James_G I have a 5 year old Renault with various electical maladies.
Oh, bad luck......only another 5 years to go before it's value goes up
Mike
Re: 100 open source gems
27-05-2009 6:56 PM
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Re: 100 open source gems
27-05-2009 7:15 PM
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O happy days
Re: 100 open source gems
28-05-2009 12:24 AM
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