ElectricImp.com

[Joshua Smith]

Sure looks like it could be an interesting device. I wish something like this would come along without the associated cloud services. 

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Josh Smith
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On Jan 21, 2013, at 2:02 AM, 3t3 <3t3 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Mike  -
> 
> I really like your statement "however, if adequately hackable, it might be repurposed".  Well put. ;-)
> 
> It appears to me that this new "Imp" gadget, if fully Researched, could then indeed be re-Developed into something very controllable and useful in the Ham Radio domain - Good R & D - Just the kind of thing that AMRAD has such a great reputation of being able to do. 8-)
> 
> Thanks Mike, ... that's a great observation. :-)
> 
>    Terry McCarty
>   3t3 at comcast.net
>       wa5nti
> 
> 
> 
> Mike O'Dell wrote:
> 
>> The skepticism around the plans for this particular bit of digital flotsam
>> is well-deserved.
>> 
>> however, if adequately hackable, it might be repurposed for other purposes.
>> 
>> in any event, the existence of such a widget is interesting. I wonder if it's the
>> same hardware being used for the "Eye-Fi" widget, which plugs into your camera
>> and spews bits to your laptoy over the wifi so you don't have to swap cards.
>> somebody is making those, and i have a good guess as to whose wifi part
>> is inside - some of the Atheros parts have a twin-core ARM that runs an
>> IP stack and has lots of room left over.
>> 
>> but it's also a heads-up of what people might be trying to slip into
>> your toaster and such.
>> 
>> I believe the UK just passed legislation making it a requirement that
>> customers can reject the installation of "Advanced Metering" precisely
>> because they don't want information about what they own and how
>> they use it being available without their approval.  Great idea -
>> approximately zero probability something like that could get enacted here.
>> 
>>    -mo
>> 
>> 
>> On 1/20/13 12:07 PM, Richard Spargur wrote:
>> 
>>> Not trusting everyone completely, I have a lot of problem with my house or
>>> parts of my house or stuff in my house or property constantly, and
>>> uncontrollably talking to someone (not necessarily the object it was
>>> intended to talk to) recovering information.
>>> 
>>> Companies like Proctor & Gamble have patents for tracking projects from when
>>> you pick them up from the store shelf to when they enter a landfill
>>> including while they are in your house.  It is their stated desire to do
>>> just that as well as other companies.
>>> 
>>> What will this company in California be collecting today.  What about
>>> tomorrow.
>>> 
>>> Then I could just be paranoid, I will put my tin foil back around my head
>>> and sit in the corner :-)
>>> 
>>> Richard
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: tacos-bounces+k3ui=comcast.net at amrad.org
>>> [mailto:tacos-bounces+k3ui=comcast.net at amrad.org] On Behalf Of Robert E.
>>> Seastrom
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2013 10:34 AM
>>> To: wb4jfi at knology.net
>>> Cc: Mike O'Dell; tacos at amrad.org
>>> Subject: Re: ElectricImp.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> <wb4jfi at knology.net> writes:
>>> 
>>>> Sounds kind of squirrelly to me (the language it purports to use is
>>>> yet another variant of C, called squirrel).  If the language is
>>>> "C-like", why not just use C?  These people are getting too cute for
>>>> their own good.
>>> 
>>> To be fair, this is exactly how Wiring (the programming language for the
>>> Arduino) is described, though describing it as "C++ with so many convenient
>>> libraries tossed on top as to make it unrecognizable" is prehaps more
>>> honest.
>>> 
>>>> I was going to play with one, but the full-time Internet access
>>>> requirement made it road-kill.  Insert your own "nuts" joke here, I'm
>>>> from California, so I get a free pass.
>>> 
>>> 100% agreement.  Things must work properly and in a not-unexpected fashion
>>> when connected to the Internet and disconnected from the Internet...  but
>>> also make appropriate decisions when the Internet connectivity is dodgy
>>> (cursory test returns OK but attempting to use yields crummy performance for
>>> whatever reason).
>>> 
>>> Somehow, the last case never gets addressed well.
>>> 
>>> -r
>>> 
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