BlinkM is a smart LED. Imagine an LED with a tiny computer inside, one that can be any color and have a life of its own. You can buy them now from one of our global distributors.
ZigBee is a newish RF radio protocol at the same frequency of Bluetooh and 802.11b (ISC 2.4GHz). Unlike both of those protocols, it doesn’t suck (power). It’s meant to sip on batteries for months while still being part of a ZigBee mesh. And it seems to be designed to better deal in noiser environments (which the 2.4GHz band is definitely now).
There’s been at least one article in Circuit Cellar about it, I need to re-read it.
When I was a wee lad, I bought the Xanadu sountrack.
After seeing the movie of course.
I think I saw it a few times in the theaters actually.
Big Olivia Newton-John crush at the age of 12.
Looks like others are similarly scarred:
Xanadu Preservation Society
