Re: Home Intranets - was MP3 Whole House Audio

["paul gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

I'd prefer to go for the new Fridge-PC that's recently been featured in T3,
and actually demonstrated on the Beeb (On breakfast TV about a month ago).
For those of you not familiar with it, it is a real product, expected to be
available within the next 6-9 months, which has a fully integrated PC in
the
fridge door. It uses a colour LCD touchscreen, has no keyboard (AFAIK),
includes web browsing capability, but that's about all I know about that.

Then, there is of course, the Microwave-PC which is supposed to be coming
from NCR sometime in the future. Same concept, except this time the whole
of
the microwave's door is a flatpanel touchscreen PC, with pretty much the
same functionality as the fridge. I believe that this is just a concept at
the moment though, not an actual product (based purely on the fact that
since the inital item in T3, i've never seen or heard any more about it...)

Times they are a-changin'

Paul Gordon



>From: "Dr John Tankard" <jtankard@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Home Intranets - was   MP3 Whole House Audio
>Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 07:48:39 +0100
>
>Keith, I also thought the about the kitchen terminal, I an I purchased
a
>touch screen for the job, However mine will just be text based,
>unfortunately I have not even got the screen out of the box (its been
>gathering dust for nearly 3 years).
>
>I think that for use in the kitchen we will have to look at custom
>computers
>because of the special problems associated with the kitchen, Touch
screens
>would be ideal but as a OEM product they are very expensive in sample
>quantities. Perhaps a palm pilot or a modified Psion 5 might be the
answer.
>
>John
>jtankard@xxxxxxx
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Keith Doxey [mailto:keith.doxey@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 22 July 1999 22:52
> > To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Home Intranets - was MP3 Whole House Audio
> >
>
> > The biggest problem with a home intranet is the display used to
show the
> > pages. If using a TV as the display medium 640x480 is best as
this is
> > approximately the same as a TV picture although a good TV might
manage
> > 800x600. By choosing a suitable size font for YOUR INTRANET pages
most
>of
> > the problems associated with using VGA to PAL converters can be
>overcome.
> > The full screen mode of Internet Explorer 5 is also a bonus as it
> > maximises
> > the viewing area of the screen. Most windows programs these days
seem to
> > take about 50% of a VGA screen just for the toolbars and stuff
:-((
> >
> > This whole Automation/Intranet thing has so many possibilities, I
> > just wish
> > I could spend a lot more time experimenting. As you said in your
>message,
> > maybe a modular HA/Intranet system could be developed by some of
> > the people
> > on this list. Many of us have specialised skills in one or more
of the
> > required areas, hardware, software, design etc.
> >
> > Looking forward to hopefully meeting some of you soon
> >
> > Keith
> >
> > Keith Doxey
> > http://www.btinternet.com/~krazy.keith
> > Krazy Keith's World of DIY Home Automation
> >
> >  I'm a keen full
> > time VB/Access/SQL server developer whose only problem with doing
this
> > sort of thing is time. I've not written any 'proper' web
> > interfaces/applications yet but I'm keen to learn, and I believe
> > VB/Access/ASP makes this easy.
> >
> > I can sell the idea to Kate (wife) if I incorporate recipe
functionality
> > in the system too - we had the idea a while ago that if you could
> > download loyalty card information detailing what you had bought,
a web
> > browser in the kitchen could suggest recipes... I've not kept up
with
> > Tescos, but I know that someone is doing something along similar
lines
> > using PalmPilots and barcode scanners.
> >
> > Maybe this would be a good topic for discussion at a mini-meeting
- the
> > project is potentially large enough in scope to justify being a
modular
> > ASP/Access development that a number of people could contribute
to? A
> > deadline in the form of a meeting might help focus my development
> > efforts too...
> >
> >
> >
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