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Re: Smoke detectors
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:40:12 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Jon Gilchrist wrote:
> I just replace one of the smoke detectors in my house. I got looking
> at the old one, trying to decide what to do with it. The only
> apparent legal way to dispose of them is to send them back to the
> manufacturer. But what about interfacing it to an RCX somehow? It's
> already set up for a 9v power source, has really low current draw, and
> has a painfully loud piezo buzzer on it.
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> Any ideas for what it might actually be used for? Google doesn't seem
> to have any smoke detector hacking info, other than how to get at the
> Americium.
>
> -Jon
You could make it into a motion detector for Halloween, set to go off when the
pitter-patter of little ghost, princess, and devil footsteps gets close to the
door. It may help shave down candy-related expenditures this year as they flee
in a panic.
-nk
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