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Sci-fi fantasy becomes reality with 'digital life assistant' Project Jarvis
I struggle to count the number of sci-fi books, shows and movies that include intelligent, interactive computers. From the visionaries like Asimov through to HAL 9000, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica and Eureka, talking, helpful computers are a recurring, staple concept with massive appeal. The idea of a computer that interacts quickly and cogently with your voice commands is the stuff of dreams -- not only are computers capable of tasks we humans find arduous, but you could also 'offload' menial memory challenges and tasks. You can focus on important things, while the computer handles the boring stuff!
That's exactly what Chad Barraford's Project Jarvis does. Dubbed his 'digital life assistant', Barraford no longer has to check stock quotes, Facebook or even the latest BitTorrents. Jarvis stays in constant contact with its owner via Twitter, instant messaging and voice comms.
At any given time, with Google Latitude, Jarvis knows exactly where Barraford is -- and delivers weather updates! Via SMS, Barraford can warn Jarvis that he has a migraine headache coming on -- and when he gets home, the lights will be dimmed, an email will be sent to his boss, and his Facebook status will even be updated.
Boston.com has a full interview with the owner -- or if you want the insider view, check out the Project Jarvis website. There's a video of Jarvis in action after the break. Incidentally, it's not open source... yet!
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Subscribe to commentsgronneApr 8th 2010 12:18PM
Windows Speech Macros + Autohotkey
ArnieApr 8th 2010 10:27AM
I dont know if you are joking or not but his home automation is pretty comprehensive which includes household appliances and outlets.
gronneApr 8th 2010 12:20PM
I'm not trying to downplay his efforts as much responding to the fact that his project is closed source. Not that there's anything wrong with that either, but for people interested in this concept, it would not be difficult to do many of the things he's done -- just time consuming.
ArnettBanks01Jun 18th 2010 12:44AM
Hey I Love Jarvis I’ve been looking for something like this for the past 2 years for help with my ideas and work flow around my home office I’m 27 yrs old and I’m a mac fan boy I admit it, however I need something like Jarvis to be everywhere with me not just on my imac but with me in my iphone as an app also in my ipad and a browser base client as well so I can get to him everywhere even if I upgrade my card dashboard to a smart dash is this something your working on? also have you researched xbox “project natal” although they just changed the name to kinect or something there is a developer who created a game called milo look it up on youtube it will blow your mind it’s a AI Boy who interacts with humans without any hesitation it picks up on tones face expressions and everything but they have it on a game platform if made into a personal assistant it would kill search ie google the way we know it to be today by typing in our queries it would just fetch raw information and relay it back by speaking and performing task I’M SORRY I’M RANTING but please email me I would love to chat with you if you have a min send me an email at ArnettBanks01@gmail.com