Well, that is the only advantage isn't it. Range. Anything else would be easier via Wifi as you do not need to connect anything extra to the Freerunner. If I really need that hot bath ready I can always use the system via GPRS link.
Sorry dude. Seems like an interesting system you've got there but I doubt there's lot of a market behind it. Yogiz On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:25:46 +0530 sriranjan <ran...@ideachi.com> wrote: > Patryk Benderz wrote: > >> Will a dongle that attaches to FR and an embedded system that > >> connects to home grid and then be able to control your home > >> appliance from FR be a product worth a consumer market? > >> > > Yes, but i would prefer to control such a grid by wifi or bluetooth, > > without wireing/connecting any dongle to FR. > > > > > But bluetooth is of a limited range.Say you are in you car and coming > home and you want to get your heater up and running so that you can > have a hot bath.Now if you have an Xbee say 500 m or 1km you are from > your home you can switch it on and by the time you get there it will > be hot. > > Sriranjan > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
