[PLUG] homegrown WAP
Michael C. Robinson
michael at robinson-west.com
Tue Nov 11 19:11:02 UTC 2003
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 19:02, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Carla Schroder wrote:
>
> > Funny you should ask. Of course home is my test lab, but I'll be doing
> > installations in interesting places, like barns and tractor sheds. And
> > small businesses, which are often steel buildings with wood/drywall
> > interiors. Maybe that will add security, by trapping signals inside? :)
>
> Tractors will probably bounce the signal rather unpredictably. Be sure to
> test the cows and sheep, too. They may block the signal by absorbing it. It
> would be rather clever of you to come up with a way for a cow to signal to
> the farmer in his house that she's ready to calve or that he's late for the
> milking. You may need one of them thar fancy Microsoft keyboards for the
> cows to use.
Why not replace the bell with something that can send a WiFi signal?
There might be better choices for a tracking device though.
If they were bulls they'd need bells in the event their horns don't
work ;-)
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Michael C. Robinson
Associates of General Studies
PCC March 2003.
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