/challenges-projects/design-challenges/smarter-life/b/blog/posts/smarter-life-challenge---the-henrietta-project---personality-infusionWhy should a thermostat have personality?Thermostats typically are not designed to have personalities, but when I decided to call this project Henrietta (which means &quot;ruler of the home&quot;) it naturally followed that I should infuse her with some personen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/smarter-life/b/blog/posts/smarter-life-challenge---the-henrietta-project---personality-infusionMon, 23 Dec 2013 19:43:48 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:9164a9ac-ff3d-41f6-a66e-7df05130eda0DAB1<p>I like the idea of humanizing the system.</p><p>You need to include screens for raising the eyebrows to question the inputs before implementing them.</p><p>That way you can simulate a bit of personality.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=17063&AppID=105&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/smarter-life/b/blog/posts/smarter-life-challenge---the-henrietta-project---personality-infusionMon, 23 Dec 2013 11:55:51 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:9164a9ac-ff3d-41f6-a66e-7df05130eda0COMPACT0<p>A nice post.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Does Henrietta have eyes for Furby 2.0?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#39;d be worried if Henrietta says &quot;I&#39;m sorry Dave, I&#39;m afraid I can&#39;t do that.&quot;</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=17063&AppID=105&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">