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brad.livejournal.com - 11/17/2008
Android Garage Door Opener
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I've finally put the source code to my Android garage door opener online: To get it, just run: $ git clone git://github.com/bradfitz/android-garage-opener.git Or browse the code online . Just keep in mind the code might suck because I barely know Java or Android, so educate me if you see ...

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brad.livejournal.com - 11/17/2008
Android Garage Door Opener, part 2
— brad.livejournal.com — This is a follow-up to my previous post to say: SO. FUCKING. AWESOME. I got it all working. I now have an Android Activity (GarageDoorActivity) which interacts with an Android Service I wrote (InRangeService), letting me start and stop the service's ... (more) Android Garage Door Opener, part 2

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github.com - 11/18/2008
src/com/danga/garagedoor at master from bradfitz's android-garage-opener — GitHub
— github.com — / android-garage-opener fork watch watch download tarball private This repository is private. All pages are served over SSL and all pushing and pulling is done over SSH. No one may fork, clone, or view it unless they are added as a member . Every ... (more) src/com/danga/garagedoor at master from bradfitz's ...
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hackszine.com - 11/18/2008
Android hack - a smarter garage door opener
— hackszine.com — Brad Fitzpatrick created a garage door application for his G1 Android-based Google Phone. This would be noteworthy enough, but the interesting thing about Brad's hack is that it opens the garage door automatically as he approaches his home. I got ... (more) Android hack - a smarter garage door opener

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Cool Android Hack of the Day: Garage Door Opener
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... Now the really cool thing about this (to me at least) is if you have the know-how and the patience, you can do this yourself! Brad has released the source code for his nifty garage door opener. Gotta love open source! ...

Android Hack Opens Garage Door
Ubergizmo — ... my house. When my house is in range, it does the magic HTTP request to my garage door opener’s webserver (HMAC-signed timestamped URL, for non-replayability/forgeability if sniffed) and my garage door opens. Complete with a bunch of fun Toast notifications (like Growl) and Android Notifications (both persistent ongoing notifications for background scanning, and one-time notifications for things like the garage door actually opening). Brad is kind enough to release the source code - three cheers for open source! Add a comment | ...

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