nitrogen.posterous.com
Infrastructure
home automation
SHOW HN2011
98points
31comments
#111of 1,097 in 2011
Top 11%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
5 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 2 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score +0.12.
Performance: 1 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Impressive setup and creative use of the Kinect
From 2 comments
Very impressive setup he's got. Might have to get him to setup my house.
carbon14 on HNWell you should really consider any accupation as the active zone. But very creative use of the Kinect.
barista on HN
Objections
Unclear whether power use of Kinect and computer outweighs savings
From 1 comment
Would this actually save electricity? Wouldn't the power used by the Kinect and the host computer/server outweigh the electricity used by keeping a few unnecessary lamps on?
HyprMusic on HN
Requests
Release the code as open source
From 1 comment
That's GNU/Linux to you, you great hacker you. Srsly, release this soon, 'been looking for some FOSS project to manage my home's billion and one power sources, timers, lights,…
shii on HN
Support multiple people in the house
From 2 comments
I wonder what happens when there are multiple people in the house, coming in and out of rooms, etc.
quickpost on HNWell you should really consider any accupation as the active zone. But very creative use of the Kinect.
barista on HN
Smooth light fading instead of on/off
From 1 comment
You know what'd be awesome? (Just throwing it out here). If the lights smoothly ramp up and down instead of winking on and off. It'd be way more Star Trek and much more…
noonespecial on HN
Questions
How the Kinect is hooked up and processes input
From 1 comment
Looks like his "automation controller" is a sheevaplug miniature "plug computer". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SheevaPlug I'd love to know more about all of the steps involved…
noonespecial on HN
Whether the system saves electricity
From 1 comment
Would this actually save electricity? Wouldn't the power used by the Kinect and the host computer/server outweigh the electricity used by keeping a few unnecessary lamps on?
HyprMusic on HN
Alternatives named
LinuxMCE
From 1 comment
Well, bits and pieces have been and will be released as open source, but the core automation system will not (at least for now). Check out my GitHub and SourceForge pages linked…
nitrogen on HN