Gregory's ServerMoving the heat through fluid would be better than moving it through the air, but we're not even trying to move it through the air, what the heck
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 @ifixcoinops I recall Gates mentioned wearing a pin that allowed the new house he was building (late 90s?) to turn lights on and off based on his presence. I don't think we need that but we could totally do something with motion sensors, etc. But there's no subscription upsell for that so no chance these days. Turning houses into thin clients.  @tehstu the annoying thing is that it's so trivially easy to make a life form detector that everyone who gets a hobby microcontroller does it accidentally before they find out about pullups 🦝 obviously a smart fan would need a big SPDT switch so it could be toggled back to hardwired Just A Fan mode 🐷 obviously a smart fan could have no buttons or switches and just a bunch of shitty capacitive sensors because they're so much cheaper @ifixcoinops omg I have a vornado and it has no buttons, just capacitive plates. Turns on at full blast every time, just outstanding design here The angel on my left shoulder: 👼 If we put electronics in a fan then that means a power supply, and capacitors fail The trash-fingered raccoon technician on my right shoulder: 🦝 There are fans that run off a drill battery  @ifixcoinops Mitsubishi ductless mini-split heat pumps have models with motion sensors. Could just use a zwave or ZigBee plug or even X-10 with a motion senor. There are probably also plugs with motion sensors built in. 👼 DC motor, 🦝, brushes also fail 🦝 Brushless DC motors are also a thing 👼 Ah yes, reinventing the AC induction motor, rock-solid reliable basic tech for over a century, by involving a, what was it, a COMPUTER, yes, 🦝 Alright there are some things to think about, but the answers could save people a lot of money, not to mention the emissions versus air conditioning 👼 But for how long, 🦝? A basic fan will last as long as its owner, how long will your brushless DC computer fan keep going? Will it fail just outside of the warranty? 🐷 pardon me, gentlemen, I couldn't help but overhear...  @ifixcoinops 🧐Smart fan is consuming some power at all times so it can respond to voice commands, and if you do something like wire it to a timer or motion sensor it won't work because it boots up in "spying but not blowing" mode.   @ifixcoinops Probably 30 years ago Bill Gates’ house (on Seattle’s Lake Union, I think) was set so that each room would sense a person’s approach/presence and then turn on lights, audio etc. Your idea should be easily doable. @ifixcoinops I reckon you might be able to do something with #Dyson fans (or any with temperature sensors and an HA integration) and some complicated #HomeAssistant routines! @ifixcoinops I mean ZigBee enabled fans and presence sensors can be hacked together to turn off when no one's around. Yes, it adds complexity, but could still improve power and heat efficiency |
I had some ideas and I looked on amazon to see if my idea could already be purchased and apparently my idea of a smart fan is very different from capital's idea of a smart fan
Me: 🦝 a smart fan is one that turns itself off when it's not pointed at a person
🦝 also it'd be neat if all the various fans around my house could coordinate with each other to move hot air to where it's either useful or not actively harmful
Capital: 🐷 a smart fan is one where you say "Hey Alexa, turn on this fan" rather than pressing the button
I had some ideas and I looked on amazon to see if my idea could already be purchased and apparently my idea of a smart fan is very different from capital's idea of a smart fan
Me: 🦝 a smart fan is one that turns itself off when it's not pointed at a person
🦝 also it'd be neat if all the various fans around my house could coordinate with each other to move hot air to where it's either useful or not actively harmful