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On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Greg Keogh <g...@mira.net> wrote: > Confirmed.**** > > http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000bbhi#summary**** > > ** ** > > Moe again. If a crack in the Earth’s crust is going swallow either Moe or > Cheltenham, then I know which one would be missed most.**** > > ** ** > > Several years ago I went looking for a “weather station” device that I > could stick up on the roof and feed its output into my PC and write an app > to record and display weather details. The only devices I could find were > self-contained and not “open” with a general purpose output that I could > stick into a COM port or similar. There probably were professional level > devices available, but I didn’t have the links to find them and they were > probably really expensive. Maybe there are better choices available now, > even ones that can read from a probe stuck into the ground for quake > detection.**** > > ** ** > > Thinking more locally, what about a set of sensors in every room of the > house that monitor temperature, noise levels, humidity, vibrations, light > levels, motion , etc. I’d buy a device kit that could do this with a feed I > could take into the PC. I’ll bet they exist, but are probably specialist > solutions which are quite expensive. I’ll also bet there are people who > build their own kits. The next step of course is to use the real-time > information to drive devices in the house like heaters, lights, etc ... I > know people are doing this, but I wish the techniques were more accessible. > **** > > ** ** > > Greg**** > -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
