Cheese.... wait for it... E!
And can I see the product without having to hunt down my country in a gigantic freaking select box first?? Isn't it fundamentally the same in every country?
Mother
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#182Earlier quoted context omitted.
1984 was Orwell. Huxley was Brave New World.
Also, it seemed to me that the dichotomy set up in BNW is that "natural is good and right, artificial or new is bad" - one that has soured me on Huxley basically since when I first read it.
The author commented on that in his foreword of later editions of the book. He said something along the lines that if he was writing the novel later in his life, the dichotomy wouldn't be as pointed.
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#183What does it do?
I scrolled to the bottom of the page expecting some kind of explanation of what it is and why I would want it or what need or want it solves. Nothing that I could find.
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#185That was a really poor choice of a name. It took me less than 10 seconds to start hearing Pink Floyd's "Mother" [1] in my head. Once that started happening, I just couldn't stay objective while looking at the pitch. [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0HrrR9QDQU
Danzig anybody?
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#186Interesting concept. Simplify the sensors as much as possible and do all of the work in the software. I'm guessing they have profiles that allow you to determine how a sensor's data is interpreted. I wonder if they allow you to define custom profiles or at least have access to the raw data.
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#187Earlier quoted context omitted.
Many people have little to no idea how much alcohol they really drink each week. Pill management is considerably more tricky than that for some people - especially if there are young people in the house. Some medications have strict and weird requirements to when and how they're taken.
Does mother know that you've eaten or have an empty stomach ?
Yes, mother weighs your poo.
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#188Wait, is this real? It seems like commentary on the current zeitgeist, not a real product. > Mother. Mother knows everything. > She's like a mom, only better. > Sense: the meaning of life® edit: I see they are based in France, so perhaps the branding didn't translate well.
It's a shame too - the name is very catchy but I quit it after looking at it for 5 seconds and not "getting it". Not what a landing page should do.
Agreed. What problem will this solve for me?
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#189Wait, is this real? It seems like commentary on the current zeitgeist, not a real product. > Mother. Mother knows everything. > She's like a mom, only better. > Sense: the meaning of life® edit: I see they are based in France, so perhaps the branding didn't translate well.
I honestly couldn't tell if this was a real product or some sort of parody at first. I half expected it to be produced by Aperture Science. I don't blame you.
I don't think the issue is the data collection. I think most of us here would admit that slicing and dicing data about yourself is fun (e.g. see [1]) and that an unobtrusive tool to help collect that data is a good idea. The problem is their deliberate overt anthropomorphism. I'm perfectly comfortable with a system for recording data points about my life in some database on my computer, I'm significantly less comfortable with someone monitoring me and telling me about my life.
[1] http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2012/03/the-personal-analytic...
I don't think it is a coincidence that at least three different franchises have used "Mother Brain" as the name for their malevolent AI.
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#190The way the thing is filmed with the smiley face and lighting up eyes, I could easily imagine a sci-fi horror film being based around it. :) More seriously, the idea of using cheap motion trackers to track usage of things in the home is very interesting. When Google acquires this, it'll make the Nest complaints pale in comparison. :)
Check this out http://vimeo.com/21216091