[OSX-Users] Re: ipad dreams

[Hugh Glaser]

Yes.
Or as an interface to the "automated home" that always seems to be 10 years
away.
Years back I had a project to distribute sensors and things that looked like
lego blocks, using bluetooth.
Would make a nice interface, instead of using a full-blown computer.

Actually, the thing I haven't see mentioned is the iPad's access to iTunes
U.
We were talking over how suitable it would be for students in lectures, and
it struck me that there is a possible synergy there.


On 30/01/2010 14:41, "Neil Broderick" <ngb at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:

> I was thinking today about what the ipad would be great for and this is my
> current dream -- an ipad controlled lab. If you could put something like
> labview on the ipad and then build a dock which had gpib and serial ports
> then you could control almost all bits of lab equipment remotely. Imagine
> a virtual instrument you could control with multi-touch and which would
> automatically log all your results.
> 
> it would be like every star-trek lab you have ever seen on TV.
> 
> cheers,
> Neil
>