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I wrote a similar system for my own home quite a while ago. It didn't have all the features of Zuckerberg's but it had a lot of things it doesn't too. The real

by throwaway2016a 10y ago

I wrote a similar system for my own home quite a while ago. It didn't have all the features of Zuckerberg's but it had a lot of things it doesn't too. The real mystery is why do all the existing home automation systems kind of stink. Although it's not much of a mystery, it's because every company wants to be proprietary and no one wants to work together because if the system is closed they can get you to buy their hardware exclusively.

jbpetersen 10y ago
I'm waiting for pay-as-you-go automation services with good federation between them. That's the only model I see being practical long-term.
- bryanrasmussen 10y ago
  Yes - then the single home automation service can be free, and all the functionalities of the system aside from the basic play music one will be unlockable as you pay. Then whenever you walk into a room that is dark you can get a message on your smart phone - 'access automatic light control for only $.99 a month!' hmm, maybe I'm cynical.
  - jbpetersen 10y ago
    I imagine it being more like I say "computer, set the lights to forest green", that speech gets crunched by a well trained neural net (or sequence of them) to determine an appropriate reaction, then the fraction of a cent compute costs get added to my monthly bill.
    - bryanrasmussen 10y ago
      The door refused to open. It said, "Five cents, please." He searched his pockets. No more coins; nothing. "I'll pay you tomorrow," he told the door. Again it remained locked tight. "What I pay you," he informed it, "is in the nature of a gratuity; I don't have to pay you." "I think otherwise," the door said. "Look in the purchase contract you signed when you bought this conapt." ...he found the contract. Sure enough; payment to his door for opening and shutting constituted a mandatory fee. Not a tip. "You discover I'm right," the door said. It sounded smug. From Ubik, by Philip K. Dick. Published by Doubleday in 1969
      - jbpetersen 10y ago
        I may have to take advantage of that book recently appearing on a nearby shelf. A modern take: My door refused to open. The sign displayed on the door's handle in my arhud grew more prominent than it had been when I was ignoring it a few moments ago. It briefly flashed an alarming color in time with an almost painful buzzing on my wrist. A stern and feminine voice began reading the message in my airphones: "Your citizenry is too low to enter this residence. Please report to the nearest reconciliation center or schedule a relocation to a dwelling available at your citizen level." I spoke aloud: "I am loyal to the party that best serves us as citizens of this great nation. Please allow me express entry to recover my jacket for the cold walk to the nearest reconciliation center." The stern feminine voice piped back up in its usual fashion of chastising me from a position centered within my skull: "Temperatures for the next hour are expected to remain above 5 degrees Celsius. Your loyalty has been noted and is appreciated by your fellow citizens." The door remained locked to me. I went back out into the rain.
exclusiv 10y ago
Smartthings allows users to write integrations for devices that aren't Samsung. I use quite a few community contributions.

jbpetersen 10y ago

I'm waiting for pay-as-you-go automation services with good federation between them. That's the only model I see being practical long-term.

bryanrasmussen 10y ago
Yes - then the single home automation service can be free, and all the functionalities of the system aside from the basic play music one will be unlockable as you pay. Then whenever you walk into a room that is dark you can get a message on your smart phone - 'access automatic light control for only $.99 a month!' hmm, maybe I'm cynical.
- jbpetersen 10y ago
  I imagine it being more like I say "computer, set the lights to forest green", that speech gets crunched by a well trained neural net (or sequence of them) to determine an appropriate reaction, then the fraction of a cent compute costs get added to my monthly bill.
  - bryanrasmussen 10y ago
    The door refused to open. It said, "Five cents, please." He searched his pockets. No more coins; nothing. "I'll pay you tomorrow," he told the door. Again it remained locked tight. "What I pay you," he informed it, "is in the nature of a gratuity; I don't have to pay you." "I think otherwise," the door said. "Look in the purchase contract you signed when you bought this conapt." ...he found the contract. Sure enough; payment to his door for opening and shutting constituted a mandatory fee. Not a tip. "You discover I'm right," the door said. It sounded smug. From Ubik, by Philip K. Dick. Published by Doubleday in 1969
    - jbpetersen 10y ago
      I may have to take advantage of that book recently appearing on a nearby shelf. A modern take: My door refused to open. The sign displayed on the door's handle in my arhud grew more prominent than it had been when I was ignoring it a few moments ago. It briefly flashed an alarming color in time with an almost painful buzzing on my wrist. A stern and feminine voice began reading the message in my airphones: "Your citizenry is too low to enter this residence. Please report to the nearest reconciliation center or schedule a relocation to a dwelling available at your citizen level." I spoke aloud: "I am loyal to the party that best serves us as citizens of this great nation. Please allow me express entry to recover my jacket for the cold walk to the nearest reconciliation center." The stern feminine voice piped back up in its usual fashion of chastising me from a position centered within my skull: "Temperatures for the next hour are expected to remain above 5 degrees Celsius. Your loyalty has been noted and is appreciated by your fellow citizens." The door remained locked to me. I went back out into the rain.

exclusiv 10y ago

Smartthings allows users to write integrations for devices that aren't Samsung. I use quite a few community contributions.