http://www.osnews.com/story/7187/Linux-Powered_Emotional_Lamp_ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:04:32 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Laughing is the only thing that comes to mind about this Emotional Lamp. Why would I want to see a calm color representation of my stock portfolio or telnet a lamp??

This thing cost as much or more than a WiFi iPAQ PDA.... Wich I find more usefull.... Fri, 28 May 2004 03:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Its very clear that the article writer didn't do any research - this sort of thing has been availaboe for years.

Hell, there's even one listed on ThinkGeek somewhere from Mathos, or Mathmos, whatever they're called.

I'm sure this one is infinitely more customizable, but the price tag is too freaking expensive - even the Mathmos one costs around $300 bucks. Fri, 28 May 2004 03:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Should've figured the name would come to me after I clicked 'submit.'

You'll have to google for it - Thinkgeek has no reference to it anymore, as if it had never existed. Still, this thing was $150 compared to the outrageous price these people are asking... tch. Fri, 28 May 2004 03:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Yes, the person who submitted this claimed that it was the "first" but I know that there have been things like this before. I believe that the difference is that the others were USB devices that need to be plugged into a PC. Presumably this one is a standalone that can actually be set to retrieve the information by itself directly. Not that it isn't a bit silly or wildly expensive. But that's why I posted it under the "laughing jack-o-lantern" icon, which is for funny stories. Fri, 28 May 2004 03:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Sheesh, it'd be cheaper for me to buy a red lamp Fri, 28 May 2004 03:51:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Why telnet to it when there is ssh with ssl support so your sure you have the right lamp? Fri, 28 May 2004 05:13:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Nope. ThinkGeek's (they made it themselves if I recall correctly) Ambient Orb Device was also Wifi. For a buck a week you got all the information you wanted; you could even use a web-based interface to setup all the stuff it responds to, or use an API to do a bit more "hardcore" stuff.

They're not selling it anymore. I don't think it was very popular with people priced at $149, so good luck to someone trying to sell the same thing for almost a thousand bucks. Fri, 28 May 2004 05:20:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Well, not wifi - it used a celluar network, I think. They took down the page and the Google cache didn't record the 'technical details' section. Fri, 28 May 2004 05:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? You can get info about the Ambient Orb here:

http://www.ambientdevices.com/cat/orb/orborder.html
http://www.ambient411.com/

The pollen forecasts are an example of a good use for this technology. Fri, 28 May 2004 06:13:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? The Linux zealots finally have thier own oracle. Fri, 28 May 2004 12:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? The Linux zealots finally have thier own oracle.

LOL! Fri, 28 May 2004 12:37:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? "The Linux zealots finally have thier own oracle."

They should name it GNU/EmotionalLamp then Fri, 28 May 2004 13:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? but there would be no point, lately I have just been having bad luck, so it would just be black all the time.

I will just go out and buy a cheap lamp and keep it switched off

:( Fri, 28 May 2004 13:36:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? my last post is even the THIRTEENTH post here. My bad luck continues Fri, 28 May 2004 13:37:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Awesome, I could have it show the current terror level here in the states. Fri, 28 May 2004 13:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? For $937 I would rather buy a laptop running Windows XP. A laptop is a lot more useful than a stupid emotion lamp.

Is this the best the French have to offer? Has anyone noticed how bad the French have become at building things? Remember the Renault and Peugot automobiles back in the 80's. Didn't a section of their airport just collapse?

I wouldn't trust it if it said "Made in France"... Fri, 28 May 2004 16:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? "Remember the Renault and Peugot automobiles back in the 80's."

Yeah, unlike those great high quality american cars... not!
Automatic gearshift AHAHAH how lame :-P Fri, 28 May 2004 16:44:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Color me cynical but it seems like a waste of time, money, and tech to me. A toy for the rich, but of what actual value? You buy one on the geek value, it works as advertised but eventually it just blends in with the woodwork and just becomes yet another "thing" you own and yet no longer pay attention to. But whatever, it is "neat" but I have no use for it. Bravo for those who do I guess. Sun, 30 May 2004 07:51:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments