Automated Family Life
Automated Family Life
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  • 승인 2007.04.17 16:18
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Five year old Ashbee and her twin sister Anabee wake up to the bright sunlight. "Oh, what a wonderful morning, wake up sweet pumpkins, I am making some blueberry pancakes," a nanny robot says as she opens up all the curtains in the twins' room. Ashbee and Anabee's mother installed her voice in the robot, so they get to hear her mother's voice first thing in the morning although mother is her room sound asleep with their baby brother. They stretch their arms and rub their eyes as they walk towards the kitchen. Today is the day they get to try blueberry pancakes for breakfast. Ashbee saw a boy in a movie having blueberry pancakes in the morning so she told her parents that she wanted to try some. Her parents went onto a website, downloaded the western breakfast package, and installed it in Ashbee's robot so she could try some western breakfast dishes in the morning.

Mrs. Wonton just gave birth to Ashbee and Anabee's baby brother, yet the other two children are as settled and well cared for as ever. Zaza, the little children's robot follows them every hour of the day, cooking them all three meals as wells as snacks, taking them out to play, and assisting them with memorizing spelling words and times tables.

Mr. Wonton wakes up and sees the children eating blueberry pancakes as he walks into the kitchen. As he gets closer to the coffee machine, the sensor detects him and starts brewing coffee. He joins the table and talks with the twins as he enjoys his breakfast. "Daddy, do you know what the capital city of Malaysia is" The children push several buttons on Zaza and it starts to show the relevant pictures of the things she introduces about Malaysia. Children make happy faces as they point to the monitor. Anabee asks, "Dad, can you download the Malaysian language program on Zaza" "Yeah! We want to learn Malaysian!" Ashbee adds. Mr. Wonton promises he will do so when he gets home that night.

As he finishes eating, he is curious about the traffic outside. Mr. Wonton asks Zaza to show him Highway 88 and estimate how long it would take him to get to work from home. Within a few seconds, Zaza responds to the request, suggesting to take a local way which would save him eight minutes. Then Mr. Wonton asks, "So what is the big news this morning How's the stock market" Zaza quickly changes the screen and tells him the brief news of the morning as well as the change in stock markets. Once he finishes his meal, he gives a kiss to his children and heads towards the master bedroom where his wife rests with the new-born baby. Mimo, the nursing robot, is taking care of Mrs. Wonton. Mimo was just bringing her some multivitamin pills to take with a cup of water.

As Mrs. Wonton tries to get up, the sensor on the bed detects her motion and supports her back as she gets up to take the pill. Mr. Wonton says good-bye to the mother and a baby and heads out the door. The baby has a bracelet on its wrist that works as a sensor. A six nanometer large chip is put inside of the bracelet and monitors the health of the baby for Mimo and the mother. The baby is waking up and Mimo right away detects that the baby is hungry. Considering the baby's body temperature at that point, she makes milk of the perfect temperature and hands it to the mother right before the baby cries.

When the twins come to visit their mom and their baby brother, Mrs. Wonton shares the story of her childhood when she had to take care of her four little brothers while their parents were gone to work. Children can't imagine their mother as a nine year old doing everything that Zaza does for them.

The peaceful morning is going by and the moment is already fading into history.


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