The Great Automatic Light Saga or How to control a WeMo light from your PC

Summary: Control a lamp with a script on your PC via WiFi and a WeMo Switch This is going to get a bit convoluted so try and stick with me. I moved house the end of last year and, as happens every time, I left behind all the alterations and small tweaks I’d done to

Light Activated Auto Blinds

More DIY motorised blind mods from over on Instructables: http://www.instructables.com/static/flash/viewer.swfBuild A Motorized Window Blinds Controller For About $15.00 – More DIY How To Projects [hat tip Liz Henry of hackabilityblog]

Writing sentences with a red ball

This video shows how you can combine Dasher, a clever text entry program, with RoboRealm, a clever machine vision program to write a sentence using a Red Ball and a WebCam. You do this without touching the PC! This could be used on a Wii, XBox or PS3 to control a browser.   [YouTube –