Well, Mister House seems to do all I had hoped for and more. Check out this list of things it can do:
* Executes actions based on voice input, time of day, etc
* It has a web interface to allow control and feedback from any browser, either on a local intranet or on the internet.
* Reads/writes any data from any serial attached device.
* Speaks the speed, course, and position of vehicles, by interfacing to a ham radio modem (TNC).
* Shares a modem for caller ID and paging.
* Reads/writes internet mail, http, and ftp files unattended.
* Sends/receive instant messages using AIM, MSN, or Jabber
* Uses free internet TV web pages to allow for VCR programing and show reminders.
* Has an entertaining 'chatbox' web page that will listen to all your problems.
And a bunch more
Here is some example speech output:
* Turning furnace heat off after 20 minutes at 69.1 degrees
* Notice, the sun is bright at 32 percent, and it is cold outside at 24 degrees, so I am opening the curtains at 8:07 AM
* The van is traveling north at 58 mph 0.8 miles west of Walmart.
* The car is parked at Friedell School.
* Email account nick has 1 new email message from accountmanager.
* Notice, Nick has been on the computer for 2.1 hours today.
* The front door has been left open.
* Phone call from Mal and Beth Winter from Montana.
* Notice, there is 1 favorite show starting now: Dilbert on channel 8.
* 8:58 PM. VCR recording will be started in 2 minutes for Southpark on channel 47.
* Notice, there were 668 web hits from 74 clients in the last day.
OK, so I don't think I'm handy enough, or enough of a hacker to give it a try. But it sounds cool, and it's Open Source, so who knows... (thanks to Makezine for the link, and High Earth Orbit for telling me about Makezine)
1 comment:
No hopes of HVAC setup soon. I still haven't figured out how to control the vents. Thermostat is a good start, but I think the main thing is automated openning and closing of the vents.
Lighting automation? Cool. I remember my uncle used to have his house lighting controlled by his computer. He almost never touched the lights, and every now and then the computer would turn them off and he'd say "My computer thinks its time for me to go to bed..."
(I wonder if he used Mister House?)
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