想象一下,假如你拥有一个电子佣人,它帮你防盗、清晨叫您准时起床、晚上您回家前它已把窗帘拉上,那该多好啊! Jeeves的名称来源于英国,在那里,人们把贵族家里的佣人叫作Jeeves。照片上的Jeeves实际上是一种智能型的硬件/软件控制器,它能做好房间的防盗工作、电器设备的开关等等。 通过和计算机联网,Jeeves用户可以在办公室、轿车和其它任何地方用电话来控制它。 专家们认为,Jeeves是目前世界上家庭自动化系统中智能化程度最高的,它也因此赢得了美国家庭自动化协会颁发的1994年先进技术奖。 那么,它能干些什么呢? Imagine if you had an e-maid that would help you to guard against theft and get you up early in the morning and that it had pulled the curtains before you went home in the evenings! Jeeves’s name came from the United Kingdom, People call the servant of the aristocratic family Jeeves. Jeeves on the photo is actually a smart hardware / software controller, it can do a good job in the room security, electrical equipment, switches and so on. By networking with computers, Jeeves users can control it by phone in their offices, cars and anywhere else. Experts believe Jeeves is the most intelligent in home automation systems in the world today and has won the 1994 Advanced Technology Award from the American Home Automation Association. So, what can it do?