[AG-TECH] Doorbell for the grid?
Thomas D. Uram
turam at mcs.anl.gov
Thu Apr 13 12:45:26 CDT 2006
I've been in your environment, so have an idea what you need.
I think the USB light or a bell is a fine idea, and could imagine
some notification app with different options for notification.
If you were using a bluetooth headset, you could use the AG
audio for notification (but who wants to wear a bluetooth
headset all day just in case?).
I also think it would be cool to integrate bluetooth cellphones
in for notification. If you're in range and someone pokes you,
your phone could ring or vibrate...
Tom
On 4/13/06 9:51 AM, Brian Tieman wrote:
> Tom,
>
> Hehe--you've obviously never worked at a synchrotron! The area where
> people generally sit is a cluttered messs of comuters and
> electronics--wires and monitors cover most--if not all--available wall
> space.
>
> We currently use headphones for the audio as echo cancelation is not
> cost effective or likely to work well in such a noisy environment (it
> can top 60db white noise at times). I do not believe there is any
> practical way to use the AG audio channel for getting someones attention.
>
> Brian
>
> Tom Coffin wrote:
>
>>
>> Are there any/some wall/screen spaces where projections can be used
>> at a scale significant enough to attract your attention while at
>> work on the beamline equipment?
>>
>> _________________________________________
>> At 08:29 AM 4/13/2006, Brian Tieman wrote:
>>
>>> The beamline is a noisy place where people are focused on their
>>> experiments
>>
>>
>>
>> ___________________________________________________________
>> Tom Coffin .......................... tcoffin at ncsa.uiuc.edu
>>
>> NCSA-ACCESS cel: 703-477-5948
>> 901 North Stuart Street, #800 tel: 703-248-0105
>> Arlington, Virginia 22203 fax: 703-248-0100
>>
>> _________________________ http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/~tcoffin
>>
>
>
More information about the ag-tech
mailing list