Dear Friends, I am looking for a way to control a lab chemical experiment from home, because it takes 4 days, but I have to watch it and be able to turn it off with a relay or stuff using the web, I would like too, to get the values read by an instrument connected to this experiment anytime I want (record it on an spreadsheet at home would be fantastic). Is it possible with arduino? I want to be sure before I waste more time, learning and assembling etc...
Thanks
Use an Ethernet shield, like this one:
http://www.coolcomponents.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=232
The arduino can't supply video to view anything. You would need an inexpensive IP cam for that. With an arduino and ethernet shield you can control control gizmos via the arduino outputs, and you can have the arduino send data to a web page. Your lab network would need to allow incomming access from the outside to connect to the ethernet shield. Below are some links with info.
thanks to all