[darkroom] Ubi is useful for the darkroom?

[Vincent Shing Tai Lee]

I think the most useful feature would be to ask it to turn on the lights so
we won't need to search for the light switch in the dark.

Vincent

On Friday, May 29, 2015, Trevor McKee <trevordmckee at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just watched the makeuseof review - https://youtu.be/NhFSE44M8IQ
>
> I think this thing could be totally useful (or at least fun to hack on),
> particularly with the interactivity component - sounds like it can send
> commands out or receive custom http links in, I could imagine it would make
> a neat addition to the darkroom.  Seems the only downside from what I could
> see was a bit of lag, but unless there's something happening that's super
> time sensitive that shouldn't be a big deal.
> On May 21, 2015 8:01 PM, "Vincent Shing Tai Lee" <vincentleest at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','vincentleest at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Complete list of things you can do with Ubi
>>
>> https://portal.theubi.com/help/help_page
>>
>> On 21 May 2015 at 19:47, sen <hacklab at sen.cx
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','hacklab at sen.cx');>> wrote:
>>
>>> Timing seems a really useful use for it, to me! Can ask it to set
>>> specific
>>> timers or even set it up to know the whole set of required times for a
>>> specific process so it will time CD, then stop, then blix, then rinsing,
>>> etc. Also would work for timing RA4 which requires complete darkness.
>>>  -sen
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 21, 2015 19:42, Vincent Shing Tai Lee wrote:
>>> > Hi All,
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I won an Ubi from a hackathon, and when I was talking to Sen in the
>>> dark
>>> > room on Tuesday, we thought it would be a great addition to the
>>> darkroom.
>>> > To assist you when you are in pitch black..
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Here is a link to the Ubi
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > http://www.theubi.com/
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I'm willing to donate this to hacklab and make it useful for the dark
>>> > room.
>>> >
>>> > It has IFTTT recipe support, voice command and voice announcement
>>> > functionality and webhooks?  (You can issue voice commands [think Siri,
>>> > Cortana, Google Now] "Ok Ubi! Remind me to change solution in 5
>>> minutes"
>>> > )
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Things that i think this will be useful for..
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Tell you when bath temperature is ready, with an internet connected
>>> > device to trigger webhooks.. Reminders?  (sorta works)
>>> > ???  => profit!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Vincent
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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