(See Chapter 9 for a simple WSH
script that works with webcams.)
Home theater
Several companies sell WiFi music and video players that connect
directly to your stereo or TV. The better ones have HDMI plugs to support
HD video, allowing you to play downloaded movies on your home
theater in all their glory.
There??™s virtually no limit to the number of devices you can make wireless,
provided that they support some form of networking already. If all else fails,
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a wireless bridge, as illustrated in ???Connect to a Public Wireless Network,???
earlier in this chapter, should allow you to connect just about anything to
your wireless network.
Get Bluetooth to Work
Bluetooth holds a lot of promise. For one, you can do things like connect
your laptop wirelessly to a Bluetooth GPS receiver for portable navigation,
or to your cell phone for cordless address-book synchronization. You can
use your Bluetooth cell phone as a portable wireless modem and surf the
Web on the go, or transfer photos you took with your cell phone to your PC
without touching a cable. There are even tiny remote-controlled toy cars??”
like the Sony Ericcson CAR-100??”that you can drive with your Bluetooth
phone (truly illustrating the noble role of technology in our lives).
The problem is that Bluetooth standards are poorly implemented in most
devices; don??™t be surprised if you can??™t exchange a simple address book entry
between your Bluetooth-capable PDA and your cell phone, even if they??™re the
same brand.
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