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Re: Wheelchair proximity detection

Subject: Re: Wheelchair proximity detection
From: nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:47:48 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.home.automation
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"David Norwood" <judapeno@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>"Dave Houston" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:44d03f73.1213516265@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Did you specify "proximity" because you're unable to operate a switch?
>
>Yes, I am paralyzed below the neck.  I could operate a switch with great
>difficulty.  A proximity detection system would be much easier if it worked.

How about a sip & puff switch? How do you control the chair?

I would not use a small battery powered device. You might find yourself
"locked out" by a dead battery. Ideally, you need something like a barcode
scanner powered by the household wiring with the barcode on the chair.

References:
- Re: Wheelchair proximity detection
  - From: Dave Houston
- Re: Wheelchair proximity detection
  - From: David Norwood

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