Comments on: Wi-Fi controlled power outlet makes home automation easy http://boingboing.net/2012/08/10/wi-fi-controlled-power-outlet.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 12:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Restless http://boingboing.net/2012/08/10/wi-fi-controlled-power-outlet.html#comment-1505913 Restless Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175982#comment-1505913 Doing wall plates like this with powerline networking to keep them connected seems like it'd be a no-brainer product.  Cross that with those power outlets that have the non-vampiric tap USB sockets, make each power outlet addressable individually and maybe even put in some way to read the power draw like a Kill-A-Watt and you'd have a killer (albeit likely expensive) product on your hands. Doing wall plates like this with powerline networking to keep them connected seems like it’d be a no-brainer product.  Cross that with those power outlets that have the non-vampiric tap USB sockets, make each power outlet addressable individually and maybe even put in some way to read the power draw like a Kill-A-Watt and you’d have a killer (albeit likely expensive) product on your hands.

]]> By: D http://boingboing.net/2012/08/10/wi-fi-controlled-power-outlet.html#comment-1505588 D Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175982#comment-1505588 Would this 'recipe' tunnel under said fruit wall? http://ifttt.com/recipes/42977  Would this ‘recipe’ tunnel under said fruit wall?

http://ifttt.com/recipes/42977 

]]> By: bibulb http://boingboing.net/2012/08/10/wi-fi-controlled-power-outlet.html#comment-1505359 bibulb Mon, 13 Aug 2012 02:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175982#comment-1505359 I've begun dropping money on these, and while I haven't been getting terribly imaginative with my setup ("turn on this light when there's motion at the front door" is about as wacky as I've got so far, and that's in the manual) I will say that I like it a lot. It still needs a little smoothing - frex, if you're out of the home network, it doesn't see every device on the network - but it's pretty good, and does exactly what I got it for. I've been trying to hack on the motion sensor (ending in an 1/8" stereo plug) to try using other sensors, but my skills are not so impressive so I haven't had any results as yet. I’ve begun dropping money on these, and while I haven’t been getting terribly imaginative with my setup (“turn on this light when there’s motion at the front door” is about as wacky as I’ve got so far, and that’s in the manual) I will say that I like it a lot. It still needs a little smoothing – frex, if you’re out of the home network, it doesn’t see every device on the network – but it’s pretty good, and does exactly what I got it for.

I’ve been trying to hack on the motion sensor (ending in an 1/8″ stereo plug) to try using other sensors, but my skills are not so impressive so I haven’t had any results as yet.

]]> By: Rich Keller http://boingboing.net/2012/08/10/wi-fi-controlled-power-outlet.html#comment-1504971 Rich Keller Sun, 12 Aug 2012 05:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175982#comment-1504971 Tell Wemo that he could be just like something out of a Ray Bradbury story and I'm sure he'd cheer right up. Tell Wemo that he could be just like something out of a Ray Bradbury story and I’m sure he’d cheer right up.

]]> By: Spleenal http://boingboing.net/2012/08/10/wi-fi-controlled-power-outlet.html#comment-1504652 Spleenal Sat, 11 Aug 2012 12:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175982#comment-1504652 No one could be more surprised at this than the outlet it's self. Look at that outlet's face it's all like OMG! No one could be more surprised at this than the outlet it’s self. Look at that outlet’s face it’s all like OMG!

]]> By: LikesTurtles http://boingboing.net/2012/08/10/wi-fi-controlled-power-outlet.html#comment-1504573 LikesTurtles Sat, 11 Aug 2012 07:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175982#comment-1504573 Get the price down to $5 and free it from the Apple walled garden and they'll really be on to something. It amazes me how little home automation has progressed since X10 in the 70s. The only advances seem to be with expensive highly proprietary systems so nothing has ever caught on. Heck, if they could make a wall outlet version, I'd pay $10 an outlet. Get the price down to $5 and free it from the Apple walled garden and they’ll really be on to something. It amazes me how little home automation has progressed since X10 in the 70s. The only advances seem to be with expensive highly proprietary systems so nothing has ever caught on. Heck, if they could make a wall outlet version, I’d pay $10 an outlet.

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