jamesbdunn

PDA? I've asked this question before, but no one had an adequate answer at that time. So I'm hoping technology has progressed to make this feature builder available somewhere. Either a cell phone manufacturer, or a consortium of user/developers working to develop a friendly user interface on a cell phone.

Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems (JAUS) provides the ability and standard protocol to remote control virtually anything, from your cell phone, or any computer.

http://www.anddev.org/universal_remote_control_-_tv_car_home_security_-t2433.html

Google Android phones (open architecture & free internet) and iPhones (currently closed architecture) have the capability of supporting the JAUS environment (Universal Anything Remote Control) but so far I have been unable to find where anyone is taking advantage of the on-board system features of cell phones (infrared port, rf modulator, GPS, text messaging, bluetooth connectivity, onboard memory, display, speaker, microphone...

Since the software programming would be cell phone specific, the development would be around a specific manufacturer's cell phone (initially until popularity makes it a standard on all cell phones).

Has there been any noise about any particular manufacturer, or website of any kind, where an effort is being made to enable a cell phone to remote control anything?

Things JAUS currently remote controls: security systems, personal vehicles, military vehicles, robots, remote controlled airplanes, appliances, dedicated remote controls to control other devices, messaging, remote video, mobile medical stretchers, bomb disarming robots, ... all of which can have username and password security.
http://jalopnik.com/379625/robo+cars-take-next-step-standardized-communications-with-jaus

http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2007/01/31/035623.html

http://www.jrmiddleware.com/jaus.html?gclid=CLG8v4qei5cCFQhJagodaAMq-w

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jrmiddleware-support/

http://www.botmag.com/articles/CoroWare_interview.shtml