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hackszine.com - 11/18/2008
Android hack - a smarter garage door opener
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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 it all working. I now have an Android ...
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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brad.livejournal.com - 11/17/2008
Android Garage Door Opener
— brad.livejournal.com — 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 ... (more) Android Garage Door Opener

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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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jkOnTheRun:  Android phone opens garage door when owner (and phone) come home

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Android phone opens garage door when owner (and phone) come home
jkOnTheRun — ... that controls your garage door, you're in business! I've been looking into home automation for a bit now and I'd love to have some type of "proximity detector" on my phone for things like this. You know... something that starts the coffee when I come downstairs in the morning. Maybe have the stereo start up to my favorite tunes when I sit in my comfy chair. Something to put the seat down when I leave the...uh... well, you know... everyday kind of things. ;) (via Hackszine) ...

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