Here’s a new device that has lots of potential in a home automation system. The “Chumby” is a wifi enabled 3.5″ TFT LCD touchscreen with stereo speakers…”Favorite hardware hacker Bunnie Huang gave this year’s FOO Campers a sneak peek of the current in cool gadgets: the chumby. The chumby is a low-cost, wifi-enabled information delivery device that’s so attractive you’ll want to keep one close.
Chumby’s team of hardware hackers desired this device to be fun and open, the anti-iPod. While iPod has a clean look and expensive molded plastic, it’s not very accessible. The Chumby is indicated to be personalized. If you’re crafty, you can redesign it with a seam ripper; if you’re a hacker, it’s all open source inside.
One you’ve plugged in your chumby, it connects to your home network by means of wifi. select “Trust the chumby” and it will autodiscover. once you’ve registered online and picked from a selection of complimentary widgets, the chumby screens a Flash stream of whatever you’ve configured – weather, news feeds, alarm clock, movies, pictures, stock tickers, etc..
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