I'd love for a robot to run out and check the mail when I'm away from home for a bit. It's the one thing that's still an issue for me when I travel.
Oh and if said robot could pull items out of the freezer to defrost while I'm at work - brilliant. Rai On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Stephen Young <stephenmdyo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Why stop there? Give it a taser - teach it say "ex-ter-min-ate" ;-) > > But seriously, I'd pay reasonable money for some basic mobile telepresence > to talk to family while I'm away. Hell, the kids have two sets of > grandparents who would probably subsidise the purchase. > > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 7:45 AM, Michael Dausmann <mdausm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> This is nice but what we really want is a robot. In the house. Log in and >> control. See through it's camera. Simple manipulations like switches and >> dials and picking stuff up. Thow your voice through a speaker. Think of the >> utility. Turn off that oven you left on. Wake up that teenager. Check >> security. Even accept that delivery. You want an avatar in your house >> when you are not there. I wonder if "home automation" is just a step to >> this. >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach >> Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more >> >> Forum rules >> 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. >> 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs >> >> >> To post to this group, send email to >> silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Silicon Beach Australia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > -- > Stephen Young > CEO: factnexus.com > Architect: graphbase.net > 61 2 9904-5882 (AU) 61 416-000-178 (Mob) 1 415 690-8639 (US) > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more > > Forum rules > 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs > > > To post to this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Silicon Beach Australia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
