Tuesday, 24 March 2015

Personal robots

Different robots that would be useful in the home:






1. ASIMO, Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility is a robot designed and developed by Honda. It was introduced on October 21 2000, ASIMO is designed to be a multi-functional mobile assistant. It is created to help those who lack full mobility, ASIMO has been frequently used in demonstrations across the world to encourage the study of science and maths. ASIMO is 130cm/4 ft 3 in tall and weighs around 48kg/106lb and is designed to operate in real-world environments, he has the ability to walk and run on two feet. In the United States, ASIMO is part of the Disneyland attractions and has been featured in a 15 minute show called "Say 'Hello' to Honda's ASIMO" since June in 2005.




Considering ASIMO can move around by walking/running it can pretty much do any house work such as taking out the rubbish, hovering, taking the dog out for a walk, etc. Which would be useful for parents or teens who are very busy and would most likely not get any house work/chores done. ASIMO can adjust the length of its steps, body position, speed and direction in which it is stepping. Its arms, hands, legs, waist and neck also have certain degrees of movement so the robot can move freely. However, because ASIMO is a robot it could probably make no contact with water
 meaning that it wouldn't be able to wash the dishes or do anything regarding with water.




2. iRobot Roomba Vacuum Cleaning Robot, it is proven to remove 50% more dirt, dust, hair and debris than previous vacuum cleaners, Roomba delivers maximum cleaning performance with less maintenance hassle.




The advantage is that you wouldn't have to worry about cleaning because the Roomba Vacuum Cleaning Robot would do it for you, but at the same time you would become lazier. Also, it might not actually be true that it removes 50% more dirt, dust, hair and debris, they could just be saying that to get you to buy their product.







Wednesday, 11 March 2015

Open and closed questions and answers



The difference between open-ended and closed-ended questions is, closed-ended questions have a limited amount of answers such as "yes", "no", "maybe" etc. But open-ended questions have no real "right" or "wrong" answers. It is what you think so you give your opinion.

Tuesday, 10 March 2015

Chatbot Siri

The new way to get things done is by asking Siri if you are unsure of something.

Siri is an application which is found in many Apple products such as iPad, iPhone, iPod etc. It is basically a Virtual Personal Assistant. It is an intelligent software which is practically designed to interact with you. Siri allows you to use your voice to send messages, make phone calls, get directions, find apps, search the web and even identify songs using Shazam.

Siri works for:

  • Phone
  • Face-time
  • Music
  • Mail
  • Calendar
  • Safari
  • Notes
  • Contacts
  • Alarms
  • Timer
  • Weather
  • Shazam (Music App)
  • Movies
  • Posting things on Facebook
  • Maps
  • Local search
Siri is also accessible to the blind and visually impaired. VoiceOver which is the screen reader built in to iOS can speak any text that is displayed in responses from Siri. You can look through the responses and have each and every one of them read to you. Which also includes the days of the weather forecast, the body of an email, the details of an answer, and more. 

Siri understands and speaks the following languages: 
  • United States (English, Spanish) 
  • United Kingdom (English)
  • Australia (English)
  • France (French)
  • Germany (German)
  • Japan (Japanese)
  • Canada (Canadian French, English)
  • China (Mandarin)
  • Hong Kong (Cantanese)
  • Italy (Italian)
  • Korea (Korean)
  • Mexico (Spanish)
  • Spain (Spanish)
  • Switzerland (French, German, Italian)
  • Taiwan (Mandarin)




Sunday, 8 March 2015

Siri chat box

Questions and Answers for Siri chat box:

1) How are you today?
- Good, thank you
- I'm alright
- Not good 
- So and so

2) What is the weather like today?
- Quite windy
- It's very sunny
- You could check on the weather app
- Slight chance it could rain

3) What are the most popular apps?
- Facebook
- Instagram
- Snapchat
- Ask.fm

4) How old is Zac Efron?
- 17
- 56
- 45
- 27

5) Best school in Dubai?
- EC
- DESC
- DC
- Repton

6) What is the most popular hair colour?
- Black
- Ginger
- Blonde
- Brown

7) Is Hitler dead?
- Yes 
- No
- Maybe 
- Or is he hiding?

8) Are you engaged?
- Yes
- No
- Maybe
- Possibly