> "You know the idea that you should give an IP number to an > incandescent bulb so that when it blows you get a little pop up on > your desktop - this stuff really needs to be tested," Carwardine > concurs.
That might be stupid in an ordinary household, but the principle is a very good and interesting idea to people who have to maintain a lot of light bulbs. Just one lecture theatre in a University might have three hundred bulbs of various types, for example. Or consider a hospital or similar large institution - the bulb count is in the tens of thousands. For such enterprises, bulbs that let you know when they blow - or even better, before they blow - is a great idea. Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer ([email protected]) http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer http://twitter.com/kauer389 GPG fingerprint: 3C41 82BE A9E7 99A1 B931 5AE7 7638 0147 2C3C 2AC4 Old fingerprint: EC67 61E2 C2F6 EB55 884B E129 072B 0AF0 72AA 9882 _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
