Comic Fan Makes Like Tony Stark and Builds His Own J.A.R.V.I.S - ComicsAlliance | Comics culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews

I wasn't sure where to file this...but I decided to put it here. A dude has made his own digital life assistant like Tony Stark has in movies and comic books. I have long heard of computer-controlled, voice-activated homes and rooms, but this shows that the the hardware has come down in price considerably.

Iron Man fan Chad Barraford puts 99 percent of us to shame, however, by doing something sane and industrious - building his own digital life assistant modeled after Tony Stark's cinematic J.A.R.V.I.S. system.
The Boston Globe caught up with Barraford to catch the system in action and like any reasonable programmer capable of rigging up what's essentially a digital butler, he's got it handling everything from his entertainment to his health. Handy tasks like organizing his Netflix account, social networking sites and personal finances are a given, but by linking his J.A.R.V.I.S. to an RFID reader, Barraford (plus his dog and close friends) are able to instantly modify his apartment's environment with the swipe of a card. Best of all, the whole thing can be controlled via voice commands, which comes in handy when Barraford's struck with a migraine and wants his living space to politely conform to his recovery by dimming the lights.

Now if only we can get it to be holographic! I want one of these. It is very sophisticated. And it could conceivably do a lot more!

Comic Fan Makes Like Tony Stark and Builds His Own J.A.R.V.I.S - ComicsAlliance | Comics culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews