[K12OSN] Outdoor Thin Client (and possibly wireless)

[Les Mikesell]

On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 21:11, Dale Sykora wrote:

> > Anyway, with the nice whether I'm suddenly struck with the overpowering 
> > urge to put a client out in the backyard - mainly for tunes while I'm 
> > gardening, cooking, entertaining and hanging out.  I want it to be a 
> > permanent installation with an amp and speakers.
> 
> Carl,
> 	I'll throw out a couple of other ideas.  Get a low power fm transmitter 
> connected to audio line out on your streaming server.  Then use a stereo 
> receiver to tune into the channel.  A friend of mine built a heathkit fm 
> transmitter and used it to play Christmas music for cars that drove by 
> his house looking at his lights/display/etc...

They do make wireless speakers if all you want is remote speakers...
Or, wireless A/V transmitters/receivers like:
http://www.x10.com/entertainment/audio_systems.html#mp3_anywhere
if you have a remote amplifier.
-- 
  Les Mikesell
   les at futuresource.com