Home Automation

IR Protocols

• http://www.sbprojects.com/knowledge/ir/ir.htm
• http://users.telenet.be/davshomepage/

Standards

• http://www.ogemalliance.org/ the wrong way to do it.

Art

• LED artist Jim Campbell http://www.jimcampbell.tv/
• Gebhard Seng http://www.gebseng.com/08_a_parallel_image/

Internet of Things

Companies

• pachube is a cloud service repository for data feeds from connected sensors
• touchatag is RFID for the masses
• Whereas Precyse appears to be RFID for the privileged few and a bit more innovative

Standards

• pachube seems to be behind the EEML standard for publishing sensor data

Useful Techniques

Spinning Things

• Unless it can power itself your spinning thing will need wires going to it. Here’s a clever solution