@Clay I think you would need to use an externally powered hdd. Since the whole computer runs on USB power, I don't think it outputs enough to power a hdd.<div><br></div><div>My idea for them would be to have one in every room of my house and have them integrated with a central X10 server, controlling all lights, appliances, thermostat, etc. Each one would act as a voice interface for the system, and also a display, if one were attached. The central server would know what each one was capable of (i.e. if it had a display, etc), so I could say "Mr. Butlertron (that's what I'm calling the project) slideshow", and the command would be sent to the server, the server would see what room the command came from, check that it has a display, then start a slideshow. I could also say "Mr. Butlertron lights on" and it would turn on all the lights in the room I was in, or "Mr. Butlertron dining room lights on" to turn on the lights in the dining room. In my bathroom I'd have a display behind the mirror, so I could catch up on the news, weather, etc. while I'm brushing my teeth. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Since it would be a simple known set of commands, I could use a continually self modifying dictionary to keep decent speech recognition. Of course, this all depends on having a good speech recognition system, and I've had a hard time just wrapping my head around getting one of the open source ones to work at all. i.e. get to the point where it can actually listen for speech. Of course, using a central server would also allow me to use other UI's, like an Android interface.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The other more obvious use is as cheap XBMC boxes.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Steve Romanow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:slestak989@gmail.com">slestak989@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Saw a post on g+ yesterday about a 1.2G dual core arm device similarly<br>
sized. Did not see a price.<br>
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