Hmm.. Very pretty.   Perhaps wishful thinking, but I was looking for something 
closer to $50 that didn’t require new invention.  
I like what you came up with.  Nice shopping list too. 

Have you ever seen a Sonoff WiFi Switch ?   Amazon has 6 of these for $65.  
  

Tadd / KA2DEW
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Raleigh NC  FM05pv

“Packet networking over ham radio": 
http://tarpn.net/t/packet_radio_networking.html 
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"When you don't know what you're doing, you might as well do it quickly"   - 
Jase Robertson

> On Nov 11, 2018, at 2:52 PM, Brian Chamberlain <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hey Tadd,
> If you’re talking 10 years ago time frame I’m guessing you’re referring to 
> the AmbientOrb. It was a device from an MIT group/project that signaled the 
> state of the weather, stock markets, etc... Here’s an article about that 
> device.
> 
> http://www.nbcnews.com/id/4758931/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/t/new-technology-relies-human-visual-system/
>  
> <http://www.nbcnews.com/id/4758931/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/t/new-technology-relies-human-visual-system/>
> 
> There have been many of these types of devices launched as 
> products/kickstarters/DIY projects since then, in various incarnations. I’m 
> sure you can find examples on Hackster.io. Here’s one I built: 
> https://www.hackster.io/breakpointer/ambient-web-connected-color-orb-91b9fd 
> <https://www.hackster.io/breakpointer/ambient-web-connected-color-orb-91b9fd>
> 
> Also, here’s a more complete Rpi based tutorial: 
> https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/cheerlights-orb-a-node-red-tutorial/ 
> <https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/cheerlights-orb-a-node-red-tutorial/>
> 
> The neopixel from Adafruit is great for this type of thing. 
> https://learn.adafruit.com/neopixels-on-raspberry-pi/overview 
> <https://learn.adafruit.com/neopixels-on-raspberry-pi/overview>
> 
> Hope this helps.
> Cheers!
> 
> 
> On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 9:32 AM Tadd Torborg via TriEmbed 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Once upon a time, possibly 10 years ago, I remember a device which looked 
> like a light fixture that sat on a desk.  It lit up in color, after it found 
> some token or cue on the Internet.  You could use it to show a weather alert, 
> or i a certain web page did or did not responded to pings. 
> I never bought one.  Now I need it for a ham radio project. 
> 
> What I want to do is have a Raspberry PI that is doing ham radio stuff (TARPN 
> network communications, in this case) and have a light, possibly a blinking 
> LED, in the living room of my house, that would indicate a message has been 
> received via the ham radio TARPN network.  The Raspberry PI can have a file 
> that is present or missing, or filled with some value or another, and the 
> blinking light needs to use FTP or Telnet via WiFi to the Raspberry PI and 
> query the file.  Alternatively I could have the Raspberry PI issue a telnet 
> message to turn the light on or off.  
> 
> Something like this already exists.  Does anybody know where to get one?  
> 
> Thanks!
>    Tadd
> 
> Tadd / KA2DEW
> http://tarpn.net <http://tarpn.net/>
> Raleigh NC
> 
> 
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