Re: Help with 7 Circuit Project?

["Brett Griffin" <brett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wonder if you get a bass shaker for shake the door?

http://www.smarthome.com/8249.html

They use them frequenly on furniture to get that feeling when you are
watching a movie.

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"Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Dave Houston" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> >Most burglaries actually happen in the daytime.  The primary concern of
> most
>> >burglars is not to be CAUGHT, nor to enter a house where someone might
> shoot
>> >them or engage them in a confrontation.  Here's the first stats I found
>> >through Google that confirm the breakdown:
>> >
>> >Occurrences       Time                       Value of property stolen
>> >652                 (6:01 p.m.-5:59 a.m.)    $1,022,171
>> >911                 (6:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.)    $2,244,070
>> >
>> >www.co.fairfax.va.us/ps/police/pdf/Pg0899.pdf
>>
>> You'll find similar figures nearly everywhere you look (except from alarm
>> dealers).
>>
>> I mentioned this here a few years back but I think it's worth repeating.
>> A
>> local (Cincinnati) TV station did a brief series that included interviews
>> with career burglars (then serving sentences in prison). They confirmed
> that
>> early afternoon was the best time (from their POV) because that was when
>> target houses were most likely to be empty. Alarm systems did not phase
> them
>> because they were in and out with time to spare before there was any
>> response. The only thing that deterred them was a dog _INSIDE_ the house.
>>
>> Burglaries of businesses peak during the night for the same reason -
> that's
>> when they are least likely to be occupied.
>
> This is a pretty good endorsement for a good dog barking device as a
> burglar
> deterrent.  Robodog scares the heck of deliverymen, too!  The enhancements
> I
> need are 1) simulation of movement of the dog 2) growling.  I think using
> a
> cashiered stereo MP3 player as the platform has lots of promise.  Add a
> pair
> of amplified speakers and I'll bet it has real potential.  It might take a
> trip to the dog pound with a portable DAT recorder to get exactly what I
> need in growls and barks.  I wonder what it would take to shake the door
> as
> if a dog was throwing itself against it?
>
> --
> Bobby G.
>
>