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JonHylands:
It turns out that making a robot be able to call someone isn't all that hard anymore - its just a case of a couple hundred bucks.

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=279
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=281

- Jon

Militoy:
Thanks for the link, Jon. I have a few future projects in mind, which may make use of this kind of product. The “robot phone” idea is useful, but not so new – as anyone who has received those annoying automated telemarketing calls knows all too well. My family used to have an alarm system installed at our remote cabin in the mountains overlooking Tucson, AZ. The system was X-10 based, and tied into all kinds of functions in the cabin – as well as the telephone. It wasn’t unusual to get a call from “Herman” in the middle of the night, if the power failed, or some other alarm function tripped. Herman would read off statuses of Power grid; Inside and outside lighting; Window and door security; Smoke/fire alarm; Inside and outside temperatures; Furnace fuel supply; and let you listen to sounds inside the cabin for 15 seconds. Herman was destroyed with the cabin in the Bullock Fire of 2002 – and we haven’t built a new cabin on the site yet. When we do, I will build a better, smarter, faster version of Herman; “We have the technology…”

Admin:
if this isnt going to be a mobile robot, what about just having it send a text message (or voice) to your cell through the internet?

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