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Well, I'm pretty sure this idea has been thought up and has probably been tested or is in development somewhere... the ideas have been thought up from various movies that might feature things like this. Anyway, I got bored and started typing what I might like to see for a future room/house, and how it might work.
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The Automated Room.
Door
Finger Print Recognition and Eye Recognition - if owner, will open the door automatically and greet the owner. Can add new people to allow the door to open for them and customize the greeting for them. Door has sensors that count people coming in and out, and records when they come in and out. If you always leave around 9 and come back around 6, it will notice this trend. It will also greet you with the time of the day/month. Wish you happy birthday if it's your birthday, wish you a Merry Xmas, or just remind you to buy shopping every tuesday. Door would slide open and close when you have entered. If the finger/eye recognition has been damaged or the electricity is off there is a hidden key option that uses a combonation of your birthdate and current date to unlock the slide to insert a key. A simple combonation but will help protect against intruders who may not know your birthdate.
Room Lighting
Each room senses when you walk in/out of the room so will turn on the lighting and off where appropiate. Lighting will be dimmer during the night, unless specified to stay bright. Lighting will not come on if it detects the lighting level is bright enough to not need the lights on. You can specify your settings on the remote controller or the touchscreen computer.
Sounds
Speakers are set up around the house, so as soon as you enter the house some music will play softly in the background, you can define this to your own playlist, a station or set the computer to generate a mood, i.e. Its Friday, you've just come back from work, the computer will generate some soft classical music to play to help relax you from your work and prepare you for a joyful weekend. However on a Monday morning, when you wake up it may play something more up beat with a higher tempo to try to get you ready for work with a high energy to work. Speakers will only play in the room you are in. Once the TV is turned on the audio from the speakers switchs to the TV instead of the music player.
Cabinets
You can simply hang up your clothes on the hangers and the computer will calculate what it is, by shape and colour texture. When you need a certain shirt you can say or choose from the types of shirts you have and the colours, it will then scroll through all the clothes and present you with the one you were after, if it isn't the right one you can scroll the next one it has found, or manually scroll through each one. The computer for the clothes will calculate the latest fasion trends from various websites then offer you with a choice of style of clothes that you could wear for the current fashion trend. It will also offer advice on what colours work with what colours, no point wearing a pink tie with a green shirt and blue jacket with jeans if you need to go to a formal business meeting or interview.
Paper Bin
If you have paper to dispose you can through it into the shredder, it will confirm if you want to really dispose of the paper and will then shred the paper and send it to a storage where you can use the shredded paper for creating fires during the winter. There is also a large bin which will scan the object that has been thrown into it and from various websites, will calculate what the object is, it will read the barcode, calculate the shape, texture colour and if it is magnetic. These properties should be enough to determine where this object should go for recycling.
Windows
Will detect current temperature inside the room, and outside. If you want the room to be hotter it will close the windows or turn on up the heating/light a fire. If you want it to be colder it will open the window, turn on a fan or turn down the heating/put out the fire. The window blinds will open during the morning, and close at night. You can set when you want them to open/close and you can manually open/close them yourself. The computer will know whether a blind is closed or opened (or half-opened) from its end position to the sensor. So if you set the blinds to open in the morning but you have already opened them, then it will calculate that the blinds are open and do nothing.
Robot
A Robotic machine will hover your floor and scrub out any wine spills on the carpet or pick up rubbish and put them in the bin, however to prevent things that may not be rubbish from getting thrown away, the machine will use a seperate bin which you can scan through and then verify that everything is junk. You can set the robot to not put anything in the bin and just leave/avoid any junk left on the floor. It will still move the junk and hover underneath then place it back to where it was.
Bed
Once you wake up and leave your bed to take a shower, the computer will calculate that the bed has not been set and will pick up the cover and reset the bed to the position that you have set it to as default, or you can set it to different options. i.e. for weekends set the bed up so I can easily jump in and pull the cover off when I come home drunk, or for workdays set the bed up and tuck it in to prevent me from pulling off the cover and going back to bed. The computer will calculate when to reset the bed each month, and will remove the covers and sheets then send it to the Robotic machine which will carry the sheets and wash them. It will use the "spare sheets" to reset the bed whilst the other sheets are in the wash.
Bathroom
When you take off your clothes, and walk into a shower, the water will instantly spray down onto you and will be set to a temperature suitable for you, calculated by the current human temperature and current temperature inside and outside. So if you are hot it will set the water temperature to be slightly colder, but not too much, whereas if you are cold it will set the water temperature to be slightly hotter. When you stand infront of the toilet, it will notice this and lift both seats so you can take a **** easily. If it notices you standing with your back facing it, it will only lift the top lid and leave the bottom lid down. Once you have finished, it will spray clean water up to clean your backside then blow air to dry it. No need for paper. Once you stand up and walk away it will flush the toilet, it will know if it should flush the toilet or not because it will notice if anything has passed into the toilet, whether liquid or solid. Once you go to clean your hands, you can simply hold your hand over the tap system and this will spray some warm water, then spray some liquid soap, then you will have 10 seconds to wipe your hands and lather the soap in then the warm water will spray again until you remove your hands, or after a max of 2 minutes (can set this to whatever you want). Since paper is generally faster to dry hands then blowing air, you will need to manually dry your hands on the paper roll, this roll will be linked into a cleaning system. The paper roll will be rolled through a cleaning system, then rolled around a store system then into the open dry area. Basically once the paper is wet it will scroll itself, the area inside the cleaning system will have a part where it is sprayed with soap, then water, then brushed, then blow dried. Thus cleaning it whilst it goes through this full system, then into the 'storage area' like a tape cassette, only continuous. Bathroom door will close and lock behind you unless you specify that it does not lock/close. It will open when you hover stand next to the door.
Network
All computers will be linked together and to the main computer via wireless. They will be secured by long encrypted security keys which will change each hour - it will automatically send the new key to the correct computers then change the current password to the new one and the other computers will start using the new passwords. This will help prevent people from trying to access the wireless network.
Other things, kitchen - automated cooking, automated table setting, using the robot to clean up after a meal.
Control
You can control and set different options from the main computer touchscreen, or you could use the remote (which doesn't have all the options that you can set) or you could just say "Computer Open Windows" or something...
For future development, you could say something like "I want to go snowboarding today" - and it will find your snow gear, and give you the clothes to get dressed into or pack them up into a board bag for you. Or you could ask "Where did I put my keys" and it will calculate that keys = X shape, X weight, and where this may have been placed. It will tell you exactly where it is, if it is wrong it will calculate where you may have put the keys before. For this type of key search it will have to record every movement in the house, and calculate weight of objects that are placed down in certain places. It should be able to calculate weight if a large weight system is placed under the room/house, and it should be able to calculate where the object was placed by movement/heat sensors. Something like keys would be made of metal so would change temperature, but would generally be the same temperature as the human holding it - for some areas of it. So should be able to calculate objects that were the same temperature as the human at a specific time, and calculate if it has changed temperature and by how much...
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I would type more/add more but have no time, and should really be revising hehe...
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The Automated Room.
Door
Finger Print Recognition and Eye Recognition - if owner, will open the door automatically and greet the owner. Can add new people to allow the door to open for them and customize the greeting for them. Door has sensors that count people coming in and out, and records when they come in and out. If you always leave around 9 and come back around 6, it will notice this trend. It will also greet you with the time of the day/month. Wish you happy birthday if it's your birthday, wish you a Merry Xmas, or just remind you to buy shopping every tuesday. Door would slide open and close when you have entered. If the finger/eye recognition has been damaged or the electricity is off there is a hidden key option that uses a combonation of your birthdate and current date to unlock the slide to insert a key. A simple combonation but will help protect against intruders who may not know your birthdate.
Room Lighting
Each room senses when you walk in/out of the room so will turn on the lighting and off where appropiate. Lighting will be dimmer during the night, unless specified to stay bright. Lighting will not come on if it detects the lighting level is bright enough to not need the lights on. You can specify your settings on the remote controller or the touchscreen computer.
Sounds
Speakers are set up around the house, so as soon as you enter the house some music will play softly in the background, you can define this to your own playlist, a station or set the computer to generate a mood, i.e. Its Friday, you've just come back from work, the computer will generate some soft classical music to play to help relax you from your work and prepare you for a joyful weekend. However on a Monday morning, when you wake up it may play something more up beat with a higher tempo to try to get you ready for work with a high energy to work. Speakers will only play in the room you are in. Once the TV is turned on the audio from the speakers switchs to the TV instead of the music player.
Cabinets
You can simply hang up your clothes on the hangers and the computer will calculate what it is, by shape and colour texture. When you need a certain shirt you can say or choose from the types of shirts you have and the colours, it will then scroll through all the clothes and present you with the one you were after, if it isn't the right one you can scroll the next one it has found, or manually scroll through each one. The computer for the clothes will calculate the latest fasion trends from various websites then offer you with a choice of style of clothes that you could wear for the current fashion trend. It will also offer advice on what colours work with what colours, no point wearing a pink tie with a green shirt and blue jacket with jeans if you need to go to a formal business meeting or interview.
Paper Bin
If you have paper to dispose you can through it into the shredder, it will confirm if you want to really dispose of the paper and will then shred the paper and send it to a storage where you can use the shredded paper for creating fires during the winter. There is also a large bin which will scan the object that has been thrown into it and from various websites, will calculate what the object is, it will read the barcode, calculate the shape, texture colour and if it is magnetic. These properties should be enough to determine where this object should go for recycling.
Windows
Will detect current temperature inside the room, and outside. If you want the room to be hotter it will close the windows or turn on up the heating/light a fire. If you want it to be colder it will open the window, turn on a fan or turn down the heating/put out the fire. The window blinds will open during the morning, and close at night. You can set when you want them to open/close and you can manually open/close them yourself. The computer will know whether a blind is closed or opened (or half-opened) from its end position to the sensor. So if you set the blinds to open in the morning but you have already opened them, then it will calculate that the blinds are open and do nothing.
Robot
A Robotic machine will hover your floor and scrub out any wine spills on the carpet or pick up rubbish and put them in the bin, however to prevent things that may not be rubbish from getting thrown away, the machine will use a seperate bin which you can scan through and then verify that everything is junk. You can set the robot to not put anything in the bin and just leave/avoid any junk left on the floor. It will still move the junk and hover underneath then place it back to where it was.
Bed
Once you wake up and leave your bed to take a shower, the computer will calculate that the bed has not been set and will pick up the cover and reset the bed to the position that you have set it to as default, or you can set it to different options. i.e. for weekends set the bed up so I can easily jump in and pull the cover off when I come home drunk, or for workdays set the bed up and tuck it in to prevent me from pulling off the cover and going back to bed. The computer will calculate when to reset the bed each month, and will remove the covers and sheets then send it to the Robotic machine which will carry the sheets and wash them. It will use the "spare sheets" to reset the bed whilst the other sheets are in the wash.
Bathroom
When you take off your clothes, and walk into a shower, the water will instantly spray down onto you and will be set to a temperature suitable for you, calculated by the current human temperature and current temperature inside and outside. So if you are hot it will set the water temperature to be slightly colder, but not too much, whereas if you are cold it will set the water temperature to be slightly hotter. When you stand infront of the toilet, it will notice this and lift both seats so you can take a **** easily. If it notices you standing with your back facing it, it will only lift the top lid and leave the bottom lid down. Once you have finished, it will spray clean water up to clean your backside then blow air to dry it. No need for paper. Once you stand up and walk away it will flush the toilet, it will know if it should flush the toilet or not because it will notice if anything has passed into the toilet, whether liquid or solid. Once you go to clean your hands, you can simply hold your hand over the tap system and this will spray some warm water, then spray some liquid soap, then you will have 10 seconds to wipe your hands and lather the soap in then the warm water will spray again until you remove your hands, or after a max of 2 minutes (can set this to whatever you want). Since paper is generally faster to dry hands then blowing air, you will need to manually dry your hands on the paper roll, this roll will be linked into a cleaning system. The paper roll will be rolled through a cleaning system, then rolled around a store system then into the open dry area. Basically once the paper is wet it will scroll itself, the area inside the cleaning system will have a part where it is sprayed with soap, then water, then brushed, then blow dried. Thus cleaning it whilst it goes through this full system, then into the 'storage area' like a tape cassette, only continuous. Bathroom door will close and lock behind you unless you specify that it does not lock/close. It will open when you hover stand next to the door.
Network
All computers will be linked together and to the main computer via wireless. They will be secured by long encrypted security keys which will change each hour - it will automatically send the new key to the correct computers then change the current password to the new one and the other computers will start using the new passwords. This will help prevent people from trying to access the wireless network.
Other things, kitchen - automated cooking, automated table setting, using the robot to clean up after a meal.
Control
You can control and set different options from the main computer touchscreen, or you could use the remote (which doesn't have all the options that you can set) or you could just say "Computer Open Windows" or something...
For future development, you could say something like "I want to go snowboarding today" - and it will find your snow gear, and give you the clothes to get dressed into or pack them up into a board bag for you. Or you could ask "Where did I put my keys" and it will calculate that keys = X shape, X weight, and where this may have been placed. It will tell you exactly where it is, if it is wrong it will calculate where you may have put the keys before. For this type of key search it will have to record every movement in the house, and calculate weight of objects that are placed down in certain places. It should be able to calculate weight if a large weight system is placed under the room/house, and it should be able to calculate where the object was placed by movement/heat sensors. Something like keys would be made of metal so would change temperature, but would generally be the same temperature as the human holding it - for some areas of it. So should be able to calculate objects that were the same temperature as the human at a specific time, and calculate if it has changed temperature and by how much...
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I would type more/add more but have no time, and should really be revising hehe...
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