Alexa hal voice movie#
One of the best jokes in ages has been to say "Alexa, open the pod bay doors" and listen to the response.Voicebot reported in March that Master Replicas was working on a new smart speaker that recreates the iconic HAL 9000 talking computer from the Stanley Kubrick movie “2001: A Space Odyssey.” The device is now available for order on Indigogo and is expected to ship in early 2019. Each of our favourite voice assistants knows about HAL-9000, but now you can take it a stage further with a replica. In case you missed out on a formative experience, HAL-9000 is the computer in Stanley Kubrick's classic Space Odyssey and the key points are that the computer refuses to open the pod bay doors for our "hero" Dave and "dies" singing "daisy, daisy, give me your. "ĭespite being yet another evil computer to add to the list, HAL seems to have struck a soft spot and we all like to try out the famous lines on our much less capable evil voice companions. If you want to take it to the next level, however, then you need the help of Master Replicas Group, which makes high quality, licenced, copies of props from movies - mostly Sci Fi such as Star Wars, Star Trek and so on. The latest plan is to produce a voice enabled replica of the famous HAL-9000 panel, complete with glowing red eye. This isnt' the first HAL replica to be available, but with the addition of Alexa it is one you can talk to and act out the famous scene. The Master Replicas Group Interactive HAL Computer uses Amazon Echo technology to control your home!" "For the first time in 50 years, you can own an absolutely authentic, fully-operational HAL 9000 computer interface. User: Alexa play classical music radio station.Īlexa: Here's a station you might like, classic heavy metal rock.Ĭome to think of it, this well-known satire by Screen Junkies makes the point very well: Alexa is evil enough without encouragement: Well, let's hope that it isn't that authentic and fully-operational. Shipping in second quarter 2018!"Īnd my guess is that it isn't going to be a cheap joke. Hello HAL, How's It Going? Related Articles
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To be informed about new articles on I Programmer, sign up for our weekly newsletter, subscribe to the RSS feed and follow us on Twitter, Facebook or Linkedin.Being an Amazon user with a Prime account and already a Kindle and a Fire HD tablet at home, the setup takes less than 5 minutes, inclusive of setting up a WLAN connection from the Alexa App to the device, preparing the WLAN access from the device to your AP and connecting it via Bluetooth to the home theater system. The device is woken up with the keyword or by pressing one of the four buttons on top of it, followed by your question or command. It does not run a conversational model in the basic use cases, though the skill sets support sessions ! You raise a question or trigger a command, that’s it.
It will respond with the right answer or execute what you have asked for, or respond it if it does not understand you, sometimes it wont do anything at all after activation other than showing the blue ring (maybe due to noisy environment). The basic services available are rather simple or move around the Amazon product landscape, most prominently playing music on demand from the Amazon Prime Music offerings, ordering products from Amazon or responding with the weather info or respond to simple Wikipedia style questions. The power of the device is unfolding with the skill-sets that allow third parties to offer services based on the Alexa services. This can be house-automation, ordering pizzas and other consumer services.
Being a regional feature there are about 3,000 skills available in the US but only about 2 dozens in Germany at the time of writing. My kids had a Sunday afternoon fun time to play with it and trying to fool with it, though at this stage it wears out pretty fast after hearing “I don’t understand your request” and similar responses if you leave its pre-programmed comfort zone (it is interesting to observe how kids approach such a device).
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