DIY Techno-hacksOld hard drive platters make wonderfully good drinks coasters - they look dead smart and expensive and you've stopped people reading your old data into the bargain.
Have you taped all your remotes together, peep-show-style? Have you wired your doorbell to the toilet? What enterprising DIY have you done with technology?
Extra points for using sellotape rather than solder.
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chthonic, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 12:30)
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Got it.Arduino units with the parallax RFID reader sheild and the wireless network sheild (when it becomes available) telling a central TCPIP listener to update the database when any RFID tags get within range.
...or maybe some sort of pic.
Much cheaper than 4 PCs in every room, and much cheaper on electric too.
(, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 22:16, 2 replies)
i'm by no means technologically mindedbut would a portable reader work? [dunno if they can be portable...]
That way you could just wander through the rooms quickly and it'll scream at you when you're close.
Still WAY quicker than having to LOOK through every room.
[also, if you get this working, I fucking WANT one *clicks*]
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Seventh is somewhat subdued, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 1:30,
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YesYou could have one in a laptop I suppose, but it's just not geeky enough ;-)
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Canyou attach two readers to one PC and triangulate the location of the tags based on the strength of the signal? That would give you a much better location for the keys. Bear in mind I have no idea how rfid readers work.
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