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I'd like to be able to turn on my appliances by simply glaring at
them. I imagine I would wander into the kitchen at six 'o clock,
cock
an eyebrow, and flash a glance towards the coffee maker and get
it
to start brewing. Then I would fold my arms and look expectantly
at
the refrigerator
so it swings open. Different degrees of
condescension, directed towards the dishwasher, would tell it how
many plates it has to wash.
One could load up their blender with fruit and, once the top is on,
head over to get a pitcher and cast the appliance a sideways look
so it starts
making a smoothie automatically. Then, if their hands are dirty
enough that they don't want to touch the faucet, they can head
over
to
the kitchen sink and (forget touch-control) stare down the tap and
maybe cough a little to get its attention and get the water
flowing.
As a final touch, the toaster would have to shiver in fear and expel
its toast when you give it the evil eye.
Facial recognition in a small device
http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/March2006/2780.htm
You'd think it could at least be made to recognise a cocked eyebrow. Not too sure how it would figure out the evil eye... [wagster, Nov 03 2009]
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This is just on the horizon of possibility (link). It's also excellent. |
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wouldn't a smile be nicer and more recognisable? |
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... but more difficult first thing in the morning, I think, especially the kind of morning where you urgently need coffee. |
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That's serious cybernetics. |
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I'd be more inclined to say that they sound Sirius. |
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Those ones were too happy. |
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"you know the last time you had toast? 18 days ago. 11:36, tuesday the 3rd. two rounds" |
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I'd prefer some sort of fibre-optic implant in my finger that somehow communicated with my kitchen devices. |
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I could then wander round my kitchen, pointing at devices at will, and have them spring to life. A bit like a mad composer. |
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I like the possibility of reenacting that wizard scene from Fantasia, so in addition to stern looks, I'd like to see (like [jtp] suggests) various gestures and commands implemented. |
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I am eyebrow disabled. I do not have that cool ability
to arch my brow at will. I have exercised my
forehead, massaged it, lifted my lids, and plucked the
hairs, all with no result. |
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I could do all the rest of the cues, and in fact I would
love to start my day with this routine. +++++ |
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Love this. "What the hell are you staring at like that?" isn't an uncommon question to be heard in my house. |
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// look expectantly at the refrigerator so it swings open.
Different degrees of condescension,..// |
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If you didn't leave the refrigerator door open so much, you
wouldn't get so much condescension. |
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Hm. Perhaps the sensors can be configured to only notice glaring at a distance of a few feet. One can only be close to one appliance at a time, right? |
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foot tapping, arm folding, and lip pursing too. |
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The toaster notices you looking at your watch and being generally impatient, so it cranks up the power to cook your toast faster... |
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Using similar logic, rapidly moving the computer mouse from side to side *should* make the computer work faster. |
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[hippo] You mean it doesn't? |
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There are cameras now (notice that I no longer have to use "digital" when discussing cameras?) that can recognize when someone has blinked, so the technology for glare-recognition is certainly at the needed level. A small stupid camera on each device could feed to a central processor, if that aspect of the cost is a factor. |
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Obviously, blink communication would be simplest to program from such a device, and best suited to the coffee-maker. |
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