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Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-whats-wrong-with-the-analog-kind dept.

Gingerman writes "The BBC is running a story about a full automated lifestyle centre in Wokingham UK. The centre has everything from the home to the office and includes shops too." It's a little thin on details, but its a mix of practical things that could be around the corner, and stuff that may be a little further down a 6 lane interstate.

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  1. Don't know about you but... by nixadmin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Any digital lifestyle assistant that woke me up early for ANY reason would find itself in little peices on the floor. Better: "I know you had a rough one last night, so I called your boss and convinced him to give you a Work From Home day. Go back to sleep."

  2. Uh oh! by NiftyNews · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can you imagine if your lifestyle agent got a virus?

    Suddenly you come home and find 8000 pieces of French Toast on the floor (all cut neatly into quadrangles), your cat has been painted green and yellow, and you are now the proud owner of every pay-per-view movie every listed!

    No thanks, I'll just check the weather online instead.

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  3. HP has much more info than the article... by bahtama · · Score: 5, Informative
    Well, you know that they obviously have a webpage about it:

    http://www.cooltown.hp.com/

    Here is the open source codebase for some of it.
    http://www.cooltown.hp.com/dev/

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    Oh bother.

  4. Re:Simulated lifestyle? by BigJim.fr · · Score: 5, Funny

    > Now, if they invent a device that washes your
    > clothes when they are thrown on the floor and you
    > can buy it for 50plat EQ currency

    I've got one, it's called a wife. But it's much more expensive than the price point you're aiming for.