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Daytripper

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Re: Daytripper

#2
This is amazing, and I also would like to make a meta comment about how creative "dekuNukem" is as a screen name.

Re: custom script, can I plug the receiver into, say, a RP0 and fire off an arbitrary webhook?

Re: Daytripper

#8
Okay, that's neat. Now someone needs to figure out how to detect someone walking by using fluctuations in the wifi signal strength.

Re: Daytripper

#9
post #8

Okay, that's neat. Now someone needs to figure out how to detect someone walking by using fluctuations in the wifi signal strength.

Or use the monitor camera and opencv to detect faces/eyeballs in the background lurking or peering at your monitor.

Re: Daytripper

#10
A version of this that's somehow aware of whether or not I'm at my desk, then puts the machine to sleep anytime anyone else touches a key would be kind of cool.

Maybe some kind of proximity sensor that you could stick to a badge or in your wallet? It would need to still allow you to login and perhaps offer a password to disable in case you forgot your sensor, but seems vaguely plausible?

EDIT: Read more of the usage guide, seems even more plausible now, although I guess it all depends on the reliability of the proximity sensor.

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