[TriEmbed] looking for - internet appliance - lights on internet detail

[Brian Chamberlain]

Hey Tadd,
If you’re talking 10 years ago time frame I’m guessing you’re referring to
the AmbientOrb. It was a device from an MIT group/project that signaled the
state of the weather, stock markets, etc... Here’s an article about that
device.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/4758931/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/t/new-technology-relies-human-visual-system/

There have been many of these types of devices launched as
products/kickstarters/DIY projects since then, in various incarnations. I’m
sure you can find examples on Hackster.io. Here’s one I built:
https://www.hackster.io/breakpointer/ambient-web-connected-color-orb-91b9fd

Also, here’s a more complete Rpi based tutorial:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/cheerlights-orb-a-node-red-tutorial/

The neopixel from Adafruit is great for this type of thing.
https://learn.adafruit.com/neopixels-on-raspberry-pi/overview

Hope this helps.
Cheers!


On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 9:32 AM Tadd Torborg via TriEmbed <
triembed at triembed.org> wrote:

> Once upon a time, possibly 10 years ago, I remember a device which looked
> like a light fixture that sat on a desk.  It lit up in color, after it
> found some token or cue on the Internet.  You could use it to show a
> weather alert, or i a certain web page did or did not responded to pings.
> I never bought one.  Now I need it for a ham radio project.
>
> What I want to do is have a Raspberry PI that is doing ham radio stuff
> (TARPN network communications, in this case) and have a light, possibly a
> blinking LED, in the living room of my house, that would indicate a message
> has been received via the ham radio TARPN network.  The Raspberry PI can
> have a file that is present or missing, or filled with some value or
> another, and the blinking light needs to use FTP or Telnet via WiFi to the
> Raspberry PI and query the file.  Alternatively I could have the Raspberry
> PI issue a telnet message to turn the light on or off.
>
> Something like this already exists.  Does anybody know where to get one?
>
> Thanks!
>    Tadd
>
> Tadd / KA2DEW
> http://tarpn.net
> Raleigh NC
>
>
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