"Can OpenMoko Make Coffee?" - SoC Project Proposal

[kenneth marken]

Ben Burdette wrote:
> 
>>
>> I think that the Neo1973 is both a phone and a portable handheld 
>> device. Using it as a remote control is one of the things I've 
>> personally been interested in this whole thing for. I'd like to think 
>> of the OpenMoko device as an extension of myself into the world of 
>> electronic devices. My own interface with the world ... until such 
>> time as we can get wetware to do brain-computer interfaces, ;).
>> -- 
> 
> Me too.  I want to use the moko to control a media center PC that is 
> connected to my stereo, for queuing up audio files and etc.  My PC uses 
> a video projector for the monitor and turning on the projector is too 
> much trouble just for queuing up audio.  Leaving the projector on uses 
> up the bulb life too.  I wonder if one of the linux based media center 
> apps like mythTV would work for this?  A custom remote control app for 
> the moko would be best, but a web browser interface would be fine too.

hmm, bluetooth at both ends. is there a way to send a "custom" protocol 
between bluetooth devices without the need for a maintained serial style 
connection?

hmm, i wonder if mythtv already have support for bluetooth based remote 
control...