Living with the robots!

Tech Thursday: BuddyHome – Living with the robots!

Ramaprasanna Chellamuthu, a techie working with Microsoft has created something called the "Buddy Home" This buddy home does everything, right from cooking to cleaning and keeping a watch on his dietary habits!

BuddyHome: Cleaning Modules

When we are still finding ways to adapt to new technologies emerging everyday, a techie in Bangalore has taken it one step forward and is living in the future. Ramaprasanna Chellamuthu who works with Microsoft as a Developer Evangelist has used technology to his advantage and has created a space that would make one think that we are indeed living in the future.

Ramaprasanna who's been working with Microsoft for the last five years is extremely passionate about robotics, intelligent systems and cloud computing. He has built robots to take care of all his daily chores, all he has to do is a hand gesture and the work is done.

Creative Genius: Ramaprasanna Chellamuthu

Ramaprasanna has designed a model house called "Buddy Home" where technology has been used to its best. He's built various robot modules to take care of his different needs, robots tell him about his dietary plans, take care of his cooking, cleaning and what more? They even interact with him just like his buddies would do.

He built the robots using software including cloud computing, Microsoft.Net, Visual Studio 2010 and Open Computer Vision. "I took about a year to develop buddy home, this concept is definitely unique as I built the whole thing just to cater to my personal needs. In the age, where we reach out to technology, a thought crossed my mind as to what if, technology came to us and that's how the whole thing started," explains Ramaprasanna.

The cooking robot

Buddy Home has about three cameras fixed in various locations in the house; it can read and sense emotions. There is a robot to wake him up in the morning; it can be quite a difficult task considering that he hates waking up early, so in that case it squirts some water over his head and pushes him to get out of the bed. Says Ramaprasanna "I used to hate waking up early and once I even missed a flight because I couldn't get up on time. And often my mother used to joke that only some kind of robot could get me to wake up on time and that's how I built this module,"

As Ramaprasanna wakes up in the morning, his buddy home senses that he's awake and schedules the day for him on the left side of the screen and on the right side displays the top news of the day. "Oh my buddy home, keeps me updated all the time. It takes information from the cloud and prioritizes the work for the day accordingly," says Ramaprasanna.

Keeping a track on his dietary habits

And once he's done with his morning dose of news, he heads to the kitchen and guess what? There's a cooking module which makes noodles for him. The cooking robot has a flexible arm and it can stir the food and keep it from getting burnt. And as the food is getting cooked, Ramaprasanna heads to his living room to scan the news papers. If he looks at an interesting piece of news, and if the buddy home notices a smile on his face, it instantly gets news and updates on that particular topic.

"This is the book reading module; it's very efficient and just makes my life much simpler. Say I'm reading something about Lalu Prasad Yadav and if the buddy home notices a smile on my face, it instantly realizes that I'm interested about the particular topic and gives me all the latest news and updates on Lalu. Another interesting feature is that if I'm reading about some professional from the IT Industry, the buddy home checks my LinkedIn network and if that person is not present in my friends list, it prompts me to add them," Says Ramaprasanna, who's just spent a meager Rs. 16,000 to build the robots.

Also there are other interesting interactive modules, like the IPL module where if the buddy home detects an interest on Ramaprasanna's face, it instantly takes him to the site where you could buy tickets and all Ramaprasanna has to do is flash his credit card and the tickets are booked. There is no need to key in the password or even swipe the card. Just a flash does it all!

Talking about his other modules, he says "I've a tendency to put on weight quite easily, so there's a module which takes care of my dietary habits. If I munch into something that's high in fat content, it instantly warns me and sends out a message on my web screen saying 'Unhealthy Food' but if eat something low in calories, it appreciates me saying 'Good Buddy',"

And as Ramaprasanna leaves for work his cleaning module senses that he's out and begins to clean the house. "It keeps my house neat and clean, or you'll know how a bachelor's pad can be," he says.

When we ask Ramaprasanna about how he's found time to do all this in spite of his hectic schedules, he says "Innovations and Technology are two important parts of my life; I make it a point to keep myself updated with the latest on technology every single day. I spare a couple of hours just to work on the new innovations. Time management is very important and if managed efficiently you can do a lot more,"

In the future Ramaprasanna plans to make his innovations available to the public, he says "There's no point if this doesn't reach out to the people. I want these innovations to make people's life more easier and I'm definitely working towards that,"
Thanks : Syed Abdul Basith
http://www.deenislam4us.blogspot.com/

The Chinese Car is coming soon !

Thanks : Syed Abdul Basith
http://www.deenislam4us.blogspot.com/

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The Chinese Car is coming soon !

 

This will beat all the low fuel consumption 
cars in the world! 
     
NEW CAR- FOR $600------- New Single Seat VW  
 
If you could go to Shanghai for a vacation, buy two or more of these cars, one for your wife and one for yourself, and one for each of your kids, have them shipped to Canada and still spend less money than if you bought a car in Canada. Getting the car(s) into USA , still an ordeal. 
 
This is not a toy, not a concept car. It is a newly developed single seat car in highly aerodynamic tear-shape road-proven real car. It is ready to be launched as a single-seater for sale in Shanghai in 2010 for a mere RMB 4,000 (US $600)! 
 
Interested? Wait till you learn that it will cruise at 100-120 Km/Hr with an unbelievable 0.99litre/100Km (258 miles/gallon) ! 
 
Impressed? Totally, after you have read all the details below about the hi-tech and space-age material input into this car! 
 
The Most Economic Car in the World will be on sale next year.

  
 
 
Better than Electric Car - 258 miles/gallon: IPO 2010 in Shanghai 
 
This is a single seated car 
 
From conception to production: 3 years and the company is headquartered in Hamburg , Germany . 
 
Will be selling for 4000 yuan, equivalent to US $600.. 
 
Gas tank capacity = 1.7 gallons 
 
Speed = 62 - 74.6 Miles/hour 
 
Fuel efficiency = 258 miles/gallon 
 
Travel distance with a full tank = 404 miles

  

 
 

 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
    
 
 


 
    
   
 
 


 

A lesson from corporate HR

 

 

 

 

Assalam o Alaikum

Good Morning

 

 

Bye.

 

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Problems of deforestation ;)

No offense plz :)
 

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Thanks : Syed Abdul Basith
http://www.deenislam4us.blogspot.com/

There is a very, very tall coconut tree and there are 4 animals,

A Lion , A Chimp , A Giraffe , .....AND...   A Squirrel       They decide to compete to see who is the fastest to get a banana off the tree. Who do you guess will win? Your answer will reflect your personality. So think carefully . . .. Try and answer within 30 seconds. Got your answer? Now scroll down to see the analysis. : :   :   :   :   :   :   :   :   ;   ;   ;   : ; ; ; ; : :   If your answer is:   Lion = you're dull. Chimpanzee = you're dense. Giraffe = you're a complete moron. Squirrel = you're hopeless.        ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;       ; ; ;   A COCONUT TREE DOESN'T HAVE BANANAS.     Obviously you're stressed and overworked. You should take some time off and relax

Fwd: YOU STILL MUST KNOW THIS MAN!

Thanks : Syed Abdul Basith
http://www.deenislam4us.blogspot.com/

You may be an atheist or an agnostic or you may belong to any of the religious denominations that exist in the world today. You may have been a Communist or a believer in democracy and freedom. No matter what you are, and no matter what your religious and political beliefs, personal and social habits happen to be— YOU STILL MUST KNOW THIS MAN! He was by far the most remarkable man that ever set foot on this earth. He preached a religion, founded a state, built a nation, laid down a moral code, initiated numberless social and political reforms, established a dynamic and powerful society to practice and represent his teachings, and he revolutionized the worlds of human thought and human action for all time. His name was Muhammad (peace and blessings of Almighty Creator be upon him)—and he accomplished all these wonders in the unbelievably short span of twenty-three years. Muhammad (pbuh) was born in Arabia in 570 CE, and when he died at the age of 63, the whole of the Arabian Peninsula had changes from paganism and idol worship to the worship of One God; from tribal quarrels and wars to national solidarity and cohesion; from drunkenness and debauchery to sobriety and piety; from lawlessness and anarchy to disciplined living; from utter moral bankruptcy to the highest standards of moral excellence. Human history has never known such a complete transformation of a people or a place before or since. The Encyclopedia Britannica calls him "the most successful of all religious personalities of the world." Bernard Shaw said, "if Muhammad (pbuh) were alive today, he would succeed in solving all those problems which threaten to destroy human civilization in our times." Thomas Carlysle was amazed as to how one man, single-handedly, could weld warring tribes and wandering Bedouins into a most powerful and civilized nation in less than two decades. Napoleon and Gandhi never tired of dreaming of a society along the lines established by this man in Arabia fourteen centuries ago. Indeed no other human being ever accomplished so much, in such diverse fields of human thought and behavior, in so limited a space of time, as did Muhammad (pbuh). He was a religious teacher, a social reformer, a moral guide, a political thinker, a military genius, an administrative colossus, a faithful friend, a wonderful companion, a devoted husband, a loving father—all in one. No other man in history ever excelled or equaled him in any of these difficult departments of life. The world has had its share of great personalities. But these were one-sided figures who distinguished themselves in but one or two fields, such as religious thought or military leadership. None of the other great leaders of the world ever combined within himself so many different qualities to such an amazing level of perfection as did Muhammad (pbuh). The lives and teachings of other great personalities of the world are shrouded in the mist of time. There is so much speculation about the time and the place of their birth, the mode and style of their life, the nature and detail of their teachings and the degree and measure of their success or failure that it is impossible for humanity today to reconstruct accurately and precisely the lives and teachings of those men. Not so this man Muhammad (pbuh). Not only was he born in the fullest blaze of recorded history, but every detail of his private and public life, of his actions and utterances, has been accurately documented and faithfully preserved to our day. The authenticity of the information so preserved is vouched for not only by faithful followers but also by unbiased critics and open-minded scholars. At the level of ideas there is no system of thought and belief—secular or religious, social or political —which could surpass or equal ISLAM—the system which Muhammad (pbuh) propounded. In a fast-changing world, while other systems have undergone profound transformations, Islam alone has remained above all change and mutation, and retained its original form for the past 1400 years. What is more, the positive changes that are taking place in the world of human thought and behavior truly and consistently reflect the healthy influence of Islam in these areas. It is not given to the best of thinkers to put their ideas completely into practice, and to see the seeds of their labors grow and bear fruit in their own lifetime. Except of course, Muhammad (pbuh), who not only preached the most wonderful ideas but also successfully translated each one of them into practice. At the time of his death his teachings were not mere precepts and ideas straining for fulfillment. They had become the very core of the life of tens of thousands of perfectly trained individuals. At what other time or place and in relation to what other political, social, religious system, philosophy or ideology—did the world ever witness such a perfectly amazing phenomenon? Except of course, ISLAM, which was established as a complete way of life by Muhammad (pbuh) himself. History bears testimony to this fact and the greatest skeptics have no option but to concede this point. In spite of the phenomenal success which crowned his efforts, he did not for a moment claim to be God or God's incarnation or Son —but only a human being who was chosen and ordained by the Creator to be a teacher of truth to mankind and a complete model and pattern for their actions. He was a man with a noble and exalted mission —and his unique mission was to unite humanity in the worship of the One and only God and to teach them the way to honest and upright living in accordance with the laws and commands of God. He always described himself as a Messenger and servant of God, as indeed every single action and movement of his proclaimed him to be. A world which has not hesitated to raise to Divinity individuals whose very lives and missions have been lost in legend and who, historically speaking, did not accomplish half as much—or even one tenth—as was accomplished by Muhammad (pbuh), should stop to take serious note of this remarkable man's claim to be God's messenger to mankind. Today, after the lapse of some 1400 years, the life and teachings of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), have survived without the slightest loss, alteration or interpolation. Today they offer the same undying hope for treating mankind's many ills which they did when Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was alive. This is our honest claim and this is the inescapable conclusion forced upon us by a critical and unbiased study of history. The least YOU should do as a thinking, sensitive, concerned human being is to stop for one brief moment and ask yourself: Could it be that these statements, extraordinary and revolutionary as they sound, are really true? Supposing they really are true, and you did not know this man Muhammad (pbuh) or hear about his teachings? Or did not know him well and intimately enough to be able to benefit from his guidance and example? Is it not time you responded to this tremendous challenge and made some effort to know him? It will not cost you anything but it may well prove to be the beginning of a completely new era in your life. Come, let us make a new discovery, the life of this wonderful man Muhammad (pbuh), the like of whom never walked on this earth, and whose example and teachings can change YOUR life and OUR world for the better. May God shower His choicest blessings upon him!

INSTALLING HUSBAND

A woman writes to the IT Technical support Guy


Dear Tech Support,

Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and I noticed a distinct slowdown in the overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewellery applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.

In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed undesirable programs such as  NEWS 5.0,   MONEY 3.0  and SOCCER 4.1.

Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and House cleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system.

Please note that I have tried running Nagging 5..3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.

What can I do?

Signed,

______ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________  

Reply

DEAR  Madam,

First, keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an operating system.

Please enter command: ithoughtyoulovedme. html and try to download Tears 6.2 and do not forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update.
If that application works as designed, Husband1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewellery 2.0 and Flowers 3.5..

However, remember, overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Silence 2.5 or Beer 6.1.
Please note that Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will download the Snoring Loudly Beta.

Whatever you do, DO NOT under any circumstances install Mother-In-Law 1.0 (it runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources.)

In addition, please do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend 5.0 program. These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0.

In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly.
You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance.
We recommend:  Cooking 3.0 and  Hot Looks 7.7.

Good Luck Madam!

IT SUPPORT DESK