How about a microswitch under each thing? When you lift the item it
triggers a PIC? Or, RFID could work nicely...would require tagging all
the inventory though. If everything had a different weight, you could
measure the change.

Just some off wall ideas :)

Josh
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Pedro Drummond wrote:
> Most recent challenge is to automatically detect items taken from minibar
> refrigerators (as in hotel rooms). Any sensor ideas ?

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