Isn't this getting a little too 1984? Sean Waite -----Original Message----- From: "Mark Browne" <markdeb.browne at comcast.net> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:52:14 -0500 Subject: Re: [tclug-list] IM question > You could watch the operator's space with a webcam. If you can see the back > of the chair then the user is away. > > Mark Browne > > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy > Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 8:51 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] IM question > > On Thursday 20 July 2006 17:11, Andrew Zbikowski wrote: > > I don't know of any either, but I always thought someone should invent > > a chair with a pressure switch that could communicate with your > > computer. Then script/integrate/whatever with IRC/IM clients to set > > yourself away and back automatically. > > > > I don't see anyone buying it ever, but it would be a fun little side > > project...if I had time for another side project. ;) > > I'd suggest checking motion rather than mass. It's pretty easy to hook an > IR > motion detector to the printer port. Radio Shack had a cheap one a few > years > back, and it only involved soldering one wire. Add a few lines of C code, > and it would call a function when something moved. It was really quick to > put together and was unobtrusive. > > Jeremy > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list