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wwwwhaa.... what IS this? > For example, you can click the button to unlock or start a car, open your garage door, call a cab, call your spouse or a customer s
by radarsat1 10y ago
wwwwhaa.... what IS this?
> For example, you can click the button to unlock or start a car, open your garage door, call a cab, call your spouse or a customer service representative
I'm so confused. So now, to open the garage door, I buy an internet device, and when i click it, it sends a message to a server, charges me 0.02$, runs some kind of "cloud" script that executes some kind of "rules", registers something in a database, and sends a message back to my garage door opener?
The future is weird.
- mnglkhn2 10y agoMaybe the future they envision for you is to be able to open your garage door while you are not in its proximity. Or to let your car open the garage door on its own, after you summon it. Who knows, soon enough, the cars will have a life of their own, going on nightly strolls and self mechanic check-ups. :)
- throwaway7767 10y agoThere's no need to involve remote servers for your self-driving car to open your garage door. It can do it the same way you currently do, with an RF signal. I'm sure we can concoct some contrived examples where one needs to open a garage door without being present, but I really think this is more about the big tech companies trying to get vendor lock-in.
- cfpg 10y agoThe future is trackable by them.
- danvoell 10y agoIt does seem a little odd. Why not a button on your phone. Or your Alexa. Or why have a button at all. The only possible reason why they are promoting this is to get people to understand the code and architecture and program it into other things or for hobbyist projects.
- mavhc 10y agoI use https://www.facebook.com/clickotrigger/ https://www.facebook.com/clickotrigger/ which is bluetooth, has internet connectivity as an option. Sadly the company appears to be dead now. Was cheaper than buying a replacement garage door key fob