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And this huge plane that took off vertically with four props and then converts to a plane by rotating them forward and shutting off the rear engines:
It's been vaporware for a long time; another kickstopper. Automation is very complicated. There are many code databases and many different ways devices can be controlled. Even if it only worked over TCP/IP there would have to be IP converters to other codes like IR/ RS232 etc. There are companies like Global Cache who make such devices. But it's folly to think that everything can be solved with one remote control device.So I was asked to look into this Universal remote from NEEO.
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It is a remote with a base station. The remote had a very responsive touch screen, low-weight and long battery life. Alas, no inductive charging. You had to put it in a cradle to charge with pins that connect to it. In my experience these pins can corrode and stop working (shared this with them).
I was surprised that the base station had no connectivity other than Ethernet. I asked them how it was going to control other displays with IR or Serial ports. The presenter was surprised I was asking for such old interfaces saying he thought consumer devices had open interfaces. I told him that was a poor assumption. I worry that their view of home automation is way too simplistic thinking this idealized environment where all devices are IP (network) controlled.
The device is a kickstarter project and seemed pretty finished from hardware point of view but they could not demo any functionality. I wish them luck. They seemed like nice people but have picked a very difficult problem to try to solve.
The movie Hidden Figures is making rounds and IBM had a suite outside of the main hall where they were showing a neat app where if you scanned a bargraph from one of the women, it would overlay a 3-D image of that person over the live video. You could rotate and all. Pretty cool one-off-project.
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This was the second of two shots.
Amazing how stable it came out even though it is handheld. You can see a pretty nice image of the right channel speaker there.
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Did you work for IBM Lars?
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Whoa. You go way back with those names! Man those were fun days with so many computer companies that did real R&D.....Burroughs -> Unisys -> IBM
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