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HA Dave:
https://blueprints.amazon.com/bp/amzn.ask.bp.9ed9e4f7-b8bb-4cd5-b1db-57c5aa3e1092?ref_=ask_bp_featured_0

https://blueprints.amazon.com/?ref_=pe_3214500_280830650_e_cta

Tuicemen:
I read about this else where and on the surface looks promising.
However currently it is of no use for HA and appears only useful  for creating simple games and knowledge bases.

HA Dave:

--- Quote from: Tuicemen on April 19, 2018, 11:36:12 PM ---I read about this else where and on the surface looks promising.
However currently it is of no use for HA and appears only useful  for creating simple games and knowledge bases.

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Automation.... home or otherwise... has always tended to lean on mechanizing repetitious actions..... like using a motion sensor to turn lights on and/or off. But monitoring rarely used actions like glass breakage or water sensors has long been old HA standards as well.

I use Alexa... and it's AI features a lot as part of my HA now-a-days. Timers, reminders, calendar, questions answers, my mentally calculated math [verbally] checked.... and so forth. I think there may be automation skills yet to be created... or even thought of. And they may not have anything to do with lighting.

   

HA Dave:
Custom responses using "Blueprints"

https://interestingengineering.com/amazon-now-lets-you-customize-your-alexa-commands-and-responses

Tuicemen:

--- Quote from: HA Dave on April 20, 2018, 04:02:58 AM ---. I think there may be automation skills yet to be created... or even thought of. And they may not have anything to do with lighting.
 

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There are loads of them already which don't control lighting or light control is a fraction of their ability.

The custom responses is a nice feature of the Blueprints and the one thing that makes this attractive.
However until more blueprints are added they aren't useful to me.
I will be keeping an eye on their development as the possibility of a useful Blueprint being produced is there.

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