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by malandrew 4606 days ago
You actually did a pretty good job with the copy right below the video, "Next generation control of your [home or office] with accurate in-home location data and a gesture control interface.". You should have focused on what it can do now and the vision of what it could become and then spent the second half on the open source aspects of it.

You could have also added a steady cam scene following someone around their home and watching their environment change with them. e.g.

Someone is sitting on the bed reading a book and the nightstand light is on. They get up and move to the door and lighting comes on in the hallway as they walk towards the kitcken lights turn on behind them until they get to the kitchen and get a snack. Then reserve the process until they get back to the bedroom.

This kind of stuff looks like the perfect application for Prolog. There are a lot of predicates to satisfy when determining when a nightlight should be turned on or the overhead light or whether to turn on music in the living room or not.

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Yay, home automation in prolog. Answers each and every request with "No.". Can't wait ;)
If I remember the runtime efficiency of prolog correctly, you might just have to wait :)
Try "Yes, maybe more." ;).