What I've come up with so far is that I need a linear solenoid to press the button. Something like this should work. http://www.adafruit.com/products/412 Here is a wiring schematic for using a solenoid with an Arduino: http://www.arduino.cc/playground/upload ... driver.pdf

With an Ethernet shield ...

Recently I bought a remote control dog shock collar, but since I live alone it quickly gets old using it on myself. So, I've come up with an idea to take the power out of my hands, and develop something that will operate the remote control at random. It merely needs to press the button on the remote ...