From: Georg Bauhaus <rm.dash-bauhaus@futureapps.de>
Subject: Ada and office automation
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:52:05 +0100
Date: 2011-12-09T16:52:05+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4ee22ea5$0$6626$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net> (raw)
A project idea has been tossed around in the office.
The scene: at dusk, as it is getting darker, the
monitors glowing, someone needs to operate the
light switch, if so desired.
That's not cool.
Imagine instead a USB driven rocket launcher
that will shoot some artifact in the direction of
an instrument that turns the lights on and off.
Such as a button pressed by something that hits it with
a suitable momentum. Color and material will be chosen
to match local preferences. Of course, the ammunition
would have to be "smart", too, so as to not litter
the office.
Such as a light barrier that fires when balls made
of tinsel pass the beam. (For style and historical
reference, keep aluminium foil next time someone eats
chocolate, or collect tinsel next Christmas).
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2011-12-09 15:52 Georg Bauhaus [this message]
2011-12-09 16:08 ` Ada and office automation Ludovic Brenta
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