Comment by amelius
1 day ago
Wait, so with a strong enough IR led, someone could disrupt washing machines in their entire neighborhood?
1 day ago
Wait, so with a strong enough IR led, someone could disrupt washing machines in their entire neighborhood?
If everyone had a Miele washing machine and put it on their front porch facing the street, maybe.
Did you know that with a strong enough LED pointed through a window into the living room they could also disrupt TVs by changing the channel or even turning them off remotely!
Yes but I suppose it is more fun to shrink someone's socks than to turn off their TV.
With a strong enough LED pointed through a window, you could also disrupt TVs by melting them.
TV-B-Gone
https://www.tvbgone.com/
Fun fact: Speed Queen also uses IrDA as a communications method on many commercial washing machines for programming and diagnostics.
They used to use a PalmPilot (and a WinMo) app. Nowadays it can be done with a PC with a weird NFC-based interface they’ve built with a wand you hold in front of the control panel in a specific location.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thnxm821yco
No, obviously not.