Comments on: Network Connectable Speakers http://www.ohgizmo.com/2005/06/30/network-connectable-speakers/ Deliciously Geeky... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:16:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Adam Wade http://www.ohgizmo.com/2005/06/30/network-connectable-speakers/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Adam Wade Fri, 01 Jul 2005 18:55:04 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=308#comment-254 Now all we need is a palmtop that can run controller software commanding a file server PC -- I see 802.11b as the best candidate for the palm -- and you can set up one of those house-wide sound systems with speakers in every room, and have the palmtop function as a wireless remote control that can be used from anywhere. Having a pool party? Select your tunes from the file server and play them via the outdoor speakers, all using the palmtop as a remote. Turn those speakers off when you're done, and start the mood music in the bedroom even before you get there... Superfly would have to have a system like this, if he was time-warped into the 00s (and hey, most of his clothes are back in fashion again, too!) Now all we need is a palmtop that can run controller software commanding a file server PC — I see 802.11b as the best candidate for the palm — and you can set up one of those house-wide sound systems with speakers in every room, and have the palmtop function as a wireless remote control that can be used from anywhere. Having a pool party? Select your tunes from the file server and play them via the outdoor speakers, all using the palmtop as a remote. Turn those speakers off when you’re done, and start the mood music in the bedroom even before you get there…

Superfly would have to have a system like this, if he was time-warped into the 00s (and hey, most of his clothes are back in fashion again, too!)

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