The number of currently available cardigans could then be displayed along with the temperature gauges.  Now you also have to interface this whole thing with the item status in the catalog, which will of course have to contain cardigan records.  You could use NCIP to grab the status, but I'm not sure what the standard cardigan metadata would include.

Genny Engel


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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Maryann Kempthorne
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 9:56 PM
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] whimsical homepage idea

Why not a cardigan checkout?
Maryann

On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Kyle Banerjee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> [stuff on where to get sensors deleted]
>
> Depending on how many you need, wireless sensors for weather stations could
> make more sense (you can run them on different channels to prevent
> interference). Plus you can use the weather software to generate graphs,
> upload data, etc.
>
> kyle
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