Mon, Jan 05, 2009
Chapter 8

The Expanding Digital World

Macs at Work
Bar-code readers, point-of-sale software, data acquisition and measurement, GPS, home automation, and home security
Connectivity
Peripherals, personal digital assistants, other computers, and accessibility hardware and software
Multimedia
Telephony, digital audio, digital video, and amateur (ham) radio
Table 8-11. Mac Bar Code Scanners and Point-of-Sale Software
Description
Mac-compatible POS hardware from 4lesspos.com
Mac-Barcode Company
MacPOS
Order Manager POS software from Colin Chong's Visual Imaging
P.I.M.S. from ExecUtron Development Corp.
POS/OE software and connectors from EES Companies, Inc.
P.O.S. Direct barcode reader retailer
River's Edge Corporation barcode readers
Sixth Sense POS and Sixth Sense Café restaurant software
Silicon Valley Bus Co. barcode readers
Table 8-12. Mac Data Acquisition and Measurement
Description
MacSciTech, general resource for scientific uses of Macs
National Instrument data acquisition and measurement
Remote Measurement Systems ADC-1 data collection device and Mac control software
WartHog Systems data acquisition and analysis software
Table 8-13. Global Positioning System Resources
Description
All About GPS tutorial by Trimble Navigation Limited
GPSy and GPSy Pro, software and cables for Mac GPS Communications
Mac GPS Pro software and cables for Garmin GPS receivers from James Associates
NavimaQ, electronic marine charting software from Quintessence Designs
Table 8-14. Mac Home Automation
Description
"Command Your Mac" by David Reynolds, MacAddict magazine, May 1999
Keyspan IR card lets a Mac be used as a universal remote.
Mac software and X10 modules from SmartHome.com
MouseHouse from MouseHouse Electronics
X10 Technology and Resources Forum
XTension, from Sand Hill Engineering
Table 8-15. Mac Home Security Resources
Description
MouseHouse from MouseHouse Electronics
Remote Measurement Systems introduction to home alarm sensors and detectors
StopIt! from Microcosm Software
X10 modules and home security sensors from SmartHome.com
XTension, from Sand Hill Engineering