Re: My latest cool DIY automation idea

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

That would be a "strain gauge" in more ways than one!

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Bobby G.

"Dean Roddey" <droddey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Then you have it say things like, "Good evening, Gladys. At least I think
> this is Gladys based on weight estimation, though you seem to have put on
a
> few pounds recently."
>
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> Dean Roddey
> Chairman/CTO, Charmed Quark Systems
> www.charmedquark.com
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> "Mike Barnes" <july2006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > In comp.home.automation, Robert Green wrote:
> >>The perfect solution would probably encompass microwave detectors, RFID
> >>sensors, IR beams, PIRs, pressure mats, 1000+ lines of code and a fast
CPU
> >>to figure out where people *really* are in a house.  Anything less is
> >>going
> >>to get it wrong a lot of the time.
> >
> > Or simply mount each room's floor on four load cells, greatly reducing
> > the coding complexity.
> >
> > I leave the constructional details as an exercise for the reader.
> >
> > --
> > Mike Barnes
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