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My newest idea is based on science fiction. It may already exist, but I dont know about anything like this around. There is voice recognition for EVERYTHING. Install some software and you can talk to your computer and make it do ANYTHING. Not exactly. I have yet to see a computer program that can recognize ur voice "Computer: power on" since the program needs the computer to execute. My idea is to make a piece of harware that when plugged in, is always on. Its only job will to listen for "system start" or something. When it hears that, it will send a signal like you have pressed the power button. (it would also listen for "System restart" if your machine freezes). CAN THIS BE DONE? and what do you think of the mod?

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It sounds sweet enough.  And shouldn't be to hard.  All the mobo does is sense when the power switch closes.  All you need to do is get a voice chip to send a high (or closed) signal to the motherboard over the two wires from the power switch.  The only downfall would be yelling "f*ckin' retard" in the middle of a quake game and the computer hearing system restart and your computer reboots.

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not a bad idea at that!  hey didnt we have a post on something like this where you controll the mouse cursor with your mind and stuff!  i would like that, but fully operatin a comp is way above my expectations of using a computer, man that would surley be AWESOME!!!!!!

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Not a bad idea. maybe case manufacturers should develop something like that. Great Idea.

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yeah that sure would be freakin cool if it really did exist, then again i wouldnt be surpised with all those movies (Enemy of the State, MIB, Matrix)

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It would have to be a small computer that recognized the voice, so it would be like a computer inside the computer.  Very do-able, because it could be very small, as it has one task; turning on and off the computer.  All other voice recognition commands would be handled by the main box.  Security could be increased too, by making it recognize only your voice. ;D

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I think that one small chip could handle it. It might need to be battery powered though. Or maybe it could just run off of the power supply

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The hardest part of this project is the only thing thats keeping me from attempting it. Where the hell do you find a chip like that? You would have to program it somehow to listen for those words and not turn on when u say something like "now where did i leave my remote control" If I could find that chip, i'd get to work.

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OH. You actually want to try and do it. LOL Good luck. Let me know how it goes.  ::)

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WELL...It is going to be a lot harder than you think it is going to be. You are not going to be able to use any chip that is out for commercial use. Maybe if you find a gov't. agency that has a chip for that, you could try stealing it and moddin it.

But anyways, the reason it is going to be harder is because you have to account for variances in sound and distinguish between various characteristics. You would have to create and design a circuit board that would calculate these, characteristics, such as voice inflection, pitch range, etc. It takes millions of lines of code for this and, frankly, it will take that much more on a circuit board.

To get around that, you are going to have to allow the device to access the hard drive or a dedicated drive (specifically for the device in question) and have it interpret and process the data.

This leads to a controller card. You can mod a controller card to do low level processing and have the data part taken care of. Now, you are goint to have to mod a chipset to use only what you need and process the data on the card which you have provided power to, the controller card (for example...a SCSI card). At that point in the design, you can reduce the processing to just what you need and fit it on the card. That brings me to another point...The controller card doesn't need to have any RAID functions, and you can get rid of any segments that process the BUS type stuff. This leads me to another train of thought...You can use RAM instead. You won't have to get rid of anything, except you will need constant power, which you will already have a need for to listen to the incoming sounds and processing them. So, basically, the RAM makes things a lot easier.

Now, for the calculations on voice characteristics...You will need to do reasearch...You will need to record, several (I can't express enough how many times), times, your voice saying "start" and "restart" several times. What you can do is just have it wait for "start" and send a signal to both jumpers, so that if the computer is not powered up, the power will be the one to do anything, and otherwise, it will reboot since the power one won't do anything because at that point it is software controlled. Back to the research and recording part - you are going to have to analyze and find all similar aspects. If you do that it makes this all much easier because then you can create circuits that, running simultaneously, analyze strength, pitch, and other characteristics. That doesn't need too much work, because you can get those things already, like at RadioShack. Then all you need to do is seperate the different segments and have it pass through one at a time.

Hope I didn't scare you at all...Just wanted to build a platform off which to start. If you need any help, please let me know because I would be very excited to work on this.

If this does work, patent it right away...become an instant millionaire!

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my god...have fun man...and good luck on your journey!!!

hey i hope that u do patent it and become a millionaire, man that would be sweet!!! As for security issues, the voice wouldn't be that secure due to the fact that there are recorders all around and they would be a major issue if that was the only security device needed to get into the computer!

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It's not that bad.  I swear I've seen a chip at Radio shack that can do limited voice recognition.  If you built the whole thing it could only recognize a few words.  But all you need it to hear is "power on" and "restart".  Or if you went all out you could program to understand German or something.  http://www.extell.com/english/news/n...d.php?no=7&p=1  Here's a link to a press article of the main chip style you'ld be looking for.  It's a stand alone chip you'ld use in toys and stuff.  From what I've found this is the chip to start with it seems to be a good one.  http://www.sensoryinc.com/html/support/docs/80-0015.pdf  All you need to do is set up the schmatics and add some memory.  Run it in cont. listening mode and it'll pick up your words and send out the appropriate signals.

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I checked out  http://www.sensoryinc.com. I'm thinking thats all you need, so I dont think I have a chance at being an insta-millionaire (damn it). I think I can still patent the IDEA though, cant I? If I can, then I'm gonna patent walking or breathing. Mwa ha ha ha.

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Yhea I think you're on the right track.  You could just patent a case that incorporates the voice activated switched instead of the standard swithces.  Just remember us if you make the millions.  ;D

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Very interesting

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If someone wants to make it, patent it, and give me half the money, that would be ok too.  ;D ;D ;D

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I have a better idea. how about if you make it and I patent it. Then I could sell you one. :D

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How about I patent, build it, get stinking rich, and take everyone who posted out for a night on the town in Bangkok, Hookers, booze, drugs, you can have alot of fun there, and some of the money to those who posted useful tips and leads? 8)

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Asain hookers? I didnt think they existed until I saw Full Metal Jacket. And they looked real bad in that movie. bleh

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Hey ModNoob, your not going to have a say on all these guys that want to take your idea and patent it, LOL!  Cuz if not, i would also like to comment that when i patent it, become rich, and but my Ferrari F1 360 Modena Spider, i will use that idea to start up my car and sell that, makin my 2 times as rich as before...watch out bill, im coming to getcha!

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Any money, when any one of us is ready to patent it, we'll see a dell commercial with that punk ass kid advertising MY idea. That rat bastard. Or, we'll be watching the news and they'll be talking about bill gates newest invention, the ModNoob voice chip. That rat bastard.

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-"dude....your getting a ModNoob voice chip"  LOL!!! i could just imagine that happening!  :D

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MicrSux would do it to.

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-"dude....your getting a ModNoob voice chip"  LOL!!!
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LOL  My sides are hurting LOL

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Don't you hate it when you put depderant on and then your armpit itches. You don't want to stick your hand in all that wet deoderant but yet you want the itch to go away.LOL  ;D

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yeah i get where ur comming from, but where did u get that from! LOL!  That is why u itch your armpit with a shirt on !!! haha!

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I was just replying to this post when all of a sudden that happened to me.

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haha! yeah it happened before, but not in a while...once uve done it, u dont wanna do it again, thats for sure!!!

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while you guys talkin, i hired a guy to make the ModNoob voice chip...he he he...anyone wanna buy one? ModNoob, you be the first to buy!

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thats impossibe, i got the patent right here!!!  i usued it this morning to turn on the comp and restart it, five times to make sure it worx.  Yeah man, i got one on my ps2 as well, worx great i might add!!! LOL!!!

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No because I made one that works on women. You just walk up dehind them, install it and then say. Turn On!

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haha...yeah there we go w/ modding women again! lol! no wonder there isnt that many chix here...oh well!!!!  Hey u could install one on ur car and then upgrade it so that i would be like Nightrider, now that wasnt a bad car!!!

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[quote author=Smoked1 link=board=voided&num=1023385351&start=30#30 date=06/11/02 at 18:36:51]
No because I made one that works on women. You just walk up dehind them, install it and then say. Turn On!
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You gotta know that there is a small group of male scientists, working in secret, feverishly, desperately, trying to come up with an artificial female.  http://realdoll.com

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Uranium here, I had to delete your link, then after asking an admin, he said it's ok since it had nudity and not "porn".
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Sorry, I knew it might be marginal, but no reality.  Kinda like anatomically correct manniquines.

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Scarry. I think saw that on howard stern once.

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Scary is right. So far, they are for necrophiliacs only.  We are closer to the "Stepford Wives" though.

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I could go for a wife that does not spek. meanWhile I'll just have none

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Did you know you can rent? ;D  (no links for this one! lol)

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Interesting. Then they just leave when the times up!

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All i have to say is that ud have to be pretty desperate to rent( i mean c'mon) a wife....i can see where all the good humor is coming from though! If ur askin for my opinion, ill take a nice wife when im about 25, 26 after comming out of Yale w/ my doctoral in Microbiology!  ;D

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i found a nice wife that studies biology. she wanna become genetics scientist or something. she already has made one outta 5 years, so she will have her doctor 'bout the same time i finish school and then i'll be "IT technician". i wonder if i'll ever earn as much money as her, but i know that i will be at the source for good hardware 8). btw, i had the idea to take my rig to the new school and make a presentation 'bout casemoddin' 8)