I can already do those things and have been able to for a long time. Even have some of the hardware lying around here in a box somewhere... it's been available off-the-shelf for such a long time that it goes back to Apple IIe / Commodore 64 era. I tried some of it out back in the early 80s and it just didn't trip my trigger. What's available now off-the-shelf is capable of a much wider range of "control".

I agree with your overall assessment.

Regards,

Tom