Announcing CT*AMEE

[mdonovan]

So this whole thing was a joke? First I thought it was, then I didn't... I guess ya got me then :lol:

If it was not a joke, and you canceled it, then if Martin is really in China I bet he will be rather disappointed when he gets back.

 

[electron]

As much as I didn't want it to be, it was indeed a joke. Thanks everyone for being a good sport, I hope it was fun. As for Martin, he really is in China, but had nothing to do with this :lol:

 

[HHasenPfeffer]

GE's "crush you like a bug" statement was really discouraging, so we decided to cancel this device

Considering not too many people offered suggestions for improvement, I assume I was pretty close to what most people want in a good HA controller. I hope these specs will give manufactures an idea of what our unicorn looks like, and maybe consider building this thing :lol:

Electron-

After additional market research, General Electric Consumer & Industrial has determined that a volume of only 12 units - sold primarily to appreciative, but very limited numbers of geeks on CocoonTech - does not justify further development of the GE*AMEE product.

All intellectual property rights are hereby released and transferred to CocoonTech.com for the purposes of realization of the CT*AMEE product. On behalf of the General Electric family, I wish you the best of luck.

As for the "crush you like a bug" comment, I didn't really mean it - the wife would kill me if I messed up these shoes.

Love,

Harry
Harold G. HasenPfeffer, Jr.
Corporate Counsel and Chief Public Relations Officer
General Electric Consumer & Industrial
imagination at work

 

[Squintz]

I told you so!

 

[rocco]

I fell for it, hook, line and sinker.

Now that E was nice enough to come up with the specs, is anyone up for building it ? :unsure:

 

[AutomatedOutlet]

Good one Electron! :unsure:

 

[deranged]

It didn't have enough serial ports, so I didn't even consider it and stopped reading.

Great April fools day joke......

StevenE

 

[Spanky]

I wanted to make it!!! :unsure:

 

[gregoryx]

I want the one with all the add-on features... bet it'll squash an Aibo!

:unsure:

 

[judge_l]

So, what is the picture of? Looked impressive.....

 

[electron]

http://windowsfordevices.com/news/NS8688089514.html

 

[huggy59]

I guess I waited too long this time around! But I knew it wasn't real because it didn't have Asterisk built in... LOL

Good one, E! :unsure:

 

[electron]

I actually had Asterisk as feature in my draft, but then removed it. I probably shouldn't have since you can even run Asterisk on a linksys router.

 

[smee]

I was glad to hear it was a joke. I don't need the competition with all of the devices I'm developing (or would be if I had any time ).

 

[HighTest]

Sheeeeoooooootttt!

I was just getting ready to click submit on my Paypal submission for $600 to encourage develoment.

Ahhh well.