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Yeah, thats exactly what I was thinking SlartyB. I was wanting to mount a cheap "X10 wonder-pop-up-cam-from-hell" on a RC plane or car. Then stream the video (scale speeds of ~$300 RC cars are mindblowing!). Possibly control other channels with it as well, ie for "battlebots". Basically replace the current PCM remotes with a 802.11 rig. The limited range wouldnt allow for this (except battlebots), and placing transceivers all over would take the "Remote" out of RC. I was also thinking of combining this idea with Lego Mindstorms as well, and I still may do that if I ever get the time (Lego should be working on this now if they want to make the big $$$).
As for your home robot idea: Wouldn't it be a lot easier to just hardwire wi-fi into your electronic components individually then control them from your webpage? It seems easy enough to do. I guess there isn't a demand for it yet or one of the big consumer electronics cos. would be doing it by now.
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I saw that SMC has a Wi-Fi antenna, SMCANT-DI145, that is good for 9 miles. That is a pretty good range.
