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Subject: 
Re: mindstorms and trains, what else?
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Date: 
Thu, 23 Jun 2005 02:18:26 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Keith Hui wrote:
Now who actually got that top of the line $37k Prius with navigation and
bluetooth?

Not to mention the self parking Prius only found in Japan.

Also, there will be a remote-controlled train system.

These two items are really long overdue. Remember those sorta-remote-controlled
12V train sets? Got lights too. By now we should have LED-driven signal light as
well!

So that's the big question of the day.  How have them implement remote control?

-RF remote control, like the Playmobil train?
-Inband track remote control, like DCC?
-Something else?

RF is kind of cheating in my mind.  It just doesn't feel right.  But you can
also walk around your layout which is kind of neat.

Inband is the elegant way, and follows industry convention (eg DCC).

Calum



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(...) Sure take all the fun out of parallel parking. I'm surprised how many times I've talked people though parallel parking better then I can do it myself. (...) How about Bluetooth, the we can control our trains with our cell phones... yada yada (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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(...) "pass around viruses and pass them on to our Priuses"... It rhymes, so it's my favourite. Now who actually got that top of the line $37k Prius with navigation and bluetooth? And by the way, viruses known to affect bluetooth phones cannot (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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