Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Chunk8

"The house has seventy-five sensors that measure each room's temperature, ambient light, sound levels, door and window positions, the weather outside and amount of sunlight, and any movements by inhabitants." (Norman, 2007)

Would you like to live in this kind of house? Everything seems to be under control of smart machines, and to be easy and convenient for human beings, while some people may feel uncomfortable. What's your preference?

"There may be much sharing of kowledge and activities, but it is still difficult to know exactly what another person intends to do." (Norman, 2007)

The success of intelligient machines largely depend on their communication level with people. But the problem lies in how can machines correctly know people's thoughts, as even people themselves are wondering what to do next sometimes.

"The designers are looking for large phenomena, major points of frustration or annoyance, where simple solutions can have a major, positive effect." (Norman, 2007)

This is probably the answer to why homes can make people smart. Only intelligient person can identify problems in daily life and find solutions to them. Most of us are quite "lazy" and adaptive to existing living patterns so that we do not brainstorm how to improve our life and regard it as a scientist' task. Remember that everyone can be a scientist, which depends on how hard you are planning to work.  

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