Context

Through this project, our intent was to position something in between a smart home assistant and a presence in the space that remembers the events, makes its deductions, and intervenes in the life of people when and how it desires. In that sense, it has autonomy and a will of its own but it is very much situated in the place it has experienced these events. For this reason, we drew inspiration from three different projects: 

1. Project Alias: Even though this wasn't directly in line with our idea, it is an interesting project for how it brings in an element of autonomy. It attempts to balance the power relationship between the users and consumer smart home product companies by giving users the ability to temporarily disconnect.
   
2. Conversnitch: This project is very close to our except that it talks about surveillance from the perspective of only listening. The resources from this project served as a useful guide for us.