Arduino-based Curtain Automation

Jan 15, 2012 01:36 AM

Jamie Zawinski uses a command line to control his curtains..

..How cool is that?

How does one just wake up one day and think, - "Hm, by automating my curtains, I could save 5-10s of walking time to the window and a few jaules of energy per morning... To the construction desk!!!"

Well, I am assuming this is exactly what Jamie did when he decided to hook up some motors to an arduino board in order to control his curtains via command line.

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