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The NoCat Wireless Access Point/Night Light

Posted by timothy on from the natural-progression dept.

cascadefx writes "O'Reilly's Hacks page has a really great article about a wireless access point that was on display at the recent Emerging Technology Conference. The folks at NoCat.net rigged up a Siemens Speedstream series access point with a low power ultraviolet light to create a wireless lightbulb. Just screw it in place and combine powerline ethernet with a wireless network... and a light, to create a wireless lightbulb. Ubiquitous networking, here we come."

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  1. DAMNIT!!! by Neck_of_the_Woods · · Score: 5, Funny


    How many times do I have to tell you, turn off the network when you leave the room!

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    1. Re:DAMNIT!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      eh, hello, excuse me.

      it's, "turn off the internet"...

      duh......

    2. Re:DAMNIT!!! by JanusFury · · Score: 3, Funny

      But mommy! I'm scared of the dark, and packet loss!

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  2. The Sun. by Schezar · · Score: 3, Funny

    "...a low power ultraviolet light..."

    Now maybe us pasty-white geeks can get a decent tan!

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    1. Re:The Sun. by Moonshadow · · Score: 3, Funny

      So you would be able to tell how big someone's pipe is by the tone of their tan?

      "Yeah, I just got myself a 10Megalumen cable modem. Give me 3 months and I'll be picking up chicks like nobody's business!"

  3. I already have a wireless lightbulb... by sssmashy · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... but over here, we just call it a flashlight.

  4. Re:Wireless lightbulb? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ?wireless lightbulb? -- it's called a flashlight. maybe you and jeff bezos can get a patent for it.

  5. Nice idea by onthefenceman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Imagine when you tell your girlfriend that you want to leave the lights on when you get down to business - she'll think it's kinky and you get to leave the webcam connected!

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    1. Re:Nice idea by Unregistered · · Score: 3, Funny

      ...girlfriend...

      You do realise this is /. right?

  6. I see the future... by zakezuke · · Score: 2, Funny

    Rather then operating mechanical switches, I see the future, it will all be digital controled from a central console. No longer will you need to get up to turn on the light, you can do so from the convienence of your keyboard.

    If you want a snack, just access the approperate access gateway, wether it be the fridge door or cupboard, open it from your centralized location, and poof.

    It would only be a 10 - 25 meter walk at most, depending on the size of your place, and location of your centralized gateway. Just imagine, need some cream for your coffee, march to the PC, open the fridge, go to fridge, march back to PC, close fridge. Oh, forgot the sugar, march back to the pc, open cupboard, get sugar, and march back to pc, close cupboard.

    Modern convience at it's finest!

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  7. Re:Punchline needed... by fgb · · Score: 3, Funny

    More importantly...

    How many geeks does it take to screw up a network?