My First thought: What would this give me in terms of employee discount: nothing. Plus they don’t have products that integrate with the software I use (#Homeseer). This however, is an interesting development that show how serious large companies start taking home automation. A good article on this subject can … read more…
Klik aan klik uit has released a new transmitter. You can use this transmitter to turn an existing switch into a remote. That means that an existing switch can now transmit a signal that turn on/off (multiple) existing KAKU lights/devices. Another KAKU product that has been on the market for … read more…
ere’s an overview of the steps you can take to start with Home Automation Main components Homeseer ($ 199) This is the core software that controls everything. You need this. RFXCOM (€ 100 – € 330) This allows you to send and receive almost every RF signal. I use this … read more…
Finally, after quite a lot of work my new website is live. My old website was running on PmWiki which was Ok at the time but to add features it took a lot of manual coding. So I decided to move to WordPress. Why? WordPress has a lively community and … read more…
I know if the door is closed, but is it actually locked? How A reed relay with a magnet in the lock linked to a Visonic MCT-302. DJ: Also test with micro switches so you don’t need a magnet (Microswitch) Todo (DONE) Buy reed relay (Conrad.nl) (DONE) Get a … read more…
Some time ago I read that the earth temperature 80 cm deep is a steady 8 degrees centigrade. First thought: can we use this to cool air in the Summer? Trying to find more info I realized that there’s a LOT of challenges. What pipe length/diameter How to keep the … read more…
After I started using the (great) WordPress special text boxes plugin by Minimus I found a couple of downsides. It’s a caption with an image and the remaining text, possibly with an image. Not 1 box with 1 image covering both the caption and the rest. Solution: Add the following … read more…
Here’s an overview of the most unrealistic, expensive and impossible projects ;-) Click on these projects for more information. Feel free to provide extra information or ideas.
read more...NOTE that these links were added around 2011, some of them may not work anymore :-) Charts fusioncharts css for bar graphs Cssplay Barcharts XML charts <- looks really sharp. Amcharts <- nice but little link in it (like chartdirector) Dojo plotkit plotr Webfx Mgraph looks nice too..w Ridgeway lutanho … read more…
Auto copy digital camera pictures Plex Media Player Put Mac to sleep Autocopy digital camera images Insert memory card and wait for the ‘ready’ notification. Wouldn’t that be easy? Auto copy images from your digital camera Want an easy way to auto-copy images from your memory card to your PC? … read more…
