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Really, just first, no actual contributions.

Awesome project but seems complicated as hell, I would go insane building that.

This seems awesome, but I read somewhere else (I believe on Engadget) that he plans to commercialize the platform, meaning it will inevitably remain closed source, and not allow for as full of a hacking experience as this deserves.

bah no source :(

not a good business plan to show it off and then hide it for the long time it takes to commercialize it.

people won’t be as excited the second time round ;)

lol did anyone notice his voice at the intro of the video? Sounded just like the automated voice.

It seems to have a lot in common with some of the smarthome programs. It sounds like a domain specific AI with voice synth and recog, patched into MisterHouse. So, he’s probably working with opensource code, as his base, and extending it out. When he comes out with this, he may plan on selling franchises/training and services, not the software.

Kind of silly… the overall idea is a good one (a bit unoriginal), but does it have to be so cheesy?

“Jarvis, what is on my netflix cue?”… really? I’m not looking forward to that future.

I’ve worked at places where the employees had to use the RFID cards for tracking which area of the building they were in and that didn’t go over well at all. Could you see this guy giving his friends the cards and expecting them to check in and out every time they walk through the door?

I applaud the effort in creating your own home automation system, but I’m not really too impressed with this one. The part about Jarvis in Ironman that made it so cool, and a system I would love to have in my home, is that Jarvis didn’t seem like a computer; you had conversations instead of making commands. All of the functionality in this system could easily be replicated with MisterHouse, or LinuxMCE (pluto home).

i like the idea of how he added the ardruino. It’d be nice if we could just run a ton of stuff like this on the cheap without doing all the work one off. There are lots of really expensi\/e home automation hardware’s out there that can’t do e\/en half this… can’t wait to ha\/e one that heats up my shower and makes my coffee in the morning. :D

I don’t need one of those – but I sure do WANT one. I always wonder where projects like that get started.

obvious appropriate quote :

“I’m sorry, Dave. I can’t let you do that”. – Hal 9000

Get the thing to trend what you like to watch and keep an eye on the cable lineup, then let you know when there’s something on, instead of having you scour the channels…I could dig that.

Lacking features:
Calender feature that reminds you of the events on the planner or upcoming when you check in and out.
Google Voice so that you can say call XXX and then have it routed through your cell phone or home phone.
Faster response time…
I would just have an RFID reader in the doorway that picks up when you come and go without having to swipe, but if he could have it lock/unlock his door though.

I use my cellphone as my main calendar because I always have it with me. The computer calendar (remind) grabs the events on the phone via BT (opensync) periodically, with no interaction on my part (cron). Every morning, if I’m at home, the computer wakes me up (cron again), plays some music (mpd) and reads aloud the events for the day (festival) along with date, time and weather info fetched from the net. It’s all just a bunch of shell scripts tying everything together.

All I have to do is make sure my cellphone is always on and keep the battery charged.

It’s neat, and always funny when having someone else stay for the night. More so if they have watched Iron-Man ;)

I attempted to add voice recognition, but found it too unreliable. I use an infrared remote (lirc) for the most common actions such as snooze and media playback control.

Aw, half the stuff in that video I was hoping to build. Obviously someone beat me to it. CRAP. >.>

At least when I build my DLA, I’ll give it more sensors and a butler-style-accent; therefore being more awesome. =p

As one of your users said they use ultra hal, the same as I do. it is very easy to integrate all this into your computer. By all means I give you cudos for setting up your house. You have to love technology.

I made something similar before he even came up with that!! In Applescript just like he is! I called mine Jarvis too and linked it to loads of other Applescripts which do different things. The interface was just a window with a box, which you can type almost anything in and it’ll carry out your instructions. It runs applescripts when it sees certain keywords.

It can also say good morning/afternoon/evening/night and how are you and respond if you say good or if you say bad. However, it has no link to video cameras in my house or an RFID tag reader or anything like that. Also, it has no voice recognition, but I would like to implement it if I get a new mic.

I concur with traior above, this one is..

+ linux
+ extendable
+ open source

check it http://sites.google.com/site/projectjanet/

and i mean the jarvis system.

Ok, first up, Mac OS is based on an edited Linux core. Secondly, even making a replica of the JARVIS System would be very hard. I myself only want an os that is made on the basis of JARVIS, but a whole house system would be awesome. There is a small way you could turn Windows XP/Vista/Seven into a JARVIS-styled desktop:

1. Download and install the latest rainmeter
2. Go to DeviantART and search in the box: ‘Rainmeter’ (without the quotes)
3. download a few skins and try fusing them together to form an ironman skin… see what you can come up with…
4. try to obtain a windows sound pack based on the voice of JARVIS. This shouldn’t be too hard…

At the moment, my laptop is being fixed, so when I get it back, I will make a screenshot of my JARVIS rainmeter theme. If you wish to see, please email me: necron_lord_127 at hotmail dot com

I will respond as soon as I have made it……(Won’t be for a few weeks yet….) :)

Since my last post, I have been working on a new JARVIS System that works very nicely. Not a complete system like the one that guy made for his house, but my computer listens to me with my own custom commands, I can operate the computer via bluetooth on my phone, my phone can even remotely turn on my server at home and my computer even helps me with playing guitar. It uses its microphone and tells me if my guitar is out of tune.

Hi The David. Thank you for such kind words, and I have read your comment also. I am only 15 years old, but I would be glad to offer assistance in any and every way possible. So I am in for this, and I have a group of friends who are also very good with coding, wiring, circuitry and pc tech. I am in. Who else is???

Cool… I have checked out this page, and like it alot… I have tried adding some new features since I upgraded my phone… now i control JARVIS with my phone over Wi-Fi, use Wi-Fi, GPS for tracking (so I can get a lift from my Google Latitude friends anytime) and a few more tidbits that you guys mite b interested in… :)