On Thu, 8 Dec 2005 14:51:10 -0500 in Ted Byers wrote:
Chris,

When you DO find the time to tinker, you might look at motes (a bleeding
edge technology from Intel, and how you might connect these sensors you
mention to the motes. That would mean that you could have your data
collection and dissemination hardware scattered over several hectares, and
they'd configure themselves into a wireless network. The all you'd need is
a base station to connect to that wireless network and to your desktop
computer. I'd assume that you could also add controllers to the mix so that
you can have fine grained control over the environment your most valuable
plants experience. You can't get motes directly from Intel, although they
have several web pages devoted to it. I believe you have to go through a
company called Crossbow. You might enjoy reading about motes anyway.

The only wireless technology that works reliably for me is my cordless
phone. Reading about motes may doom it as well :-).
I think I'll end up waiting for the mote to appear in a hackable
commodity :-).


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Chris Dukes
Suspicion breeds confidence -- Brazil