Final Project Idea
Original Draft Idea:
I’ll be working with Gavin and Adam for this. We have decided to make a real-time question/answer system where a user will be able to ask a question on one computer. On another compete located in a completely different area, a viewer will be able to see the user type their question, in real time, and answer it immediately. We were thinking of having a station at Ryerson and the other at OCAD. One station would deal with users asking questions, and the other would deal with the answers. The stations would feature a stand alone monitor and keyboard. Another computer would be enclosed within a locked box (for security purposes) – the monitor would simply be hooked up to this computer.
The monitor for the question would state “Ask me anything. What would you like to know?” A text box would be placed below. The user could type their question here. In real time, the question would be seen on the other machine. The answer station would display the statement of, “Someone has a question… have you got an answer?”. The user at that station would then answer and send the message back in real time. When the answer is received at the original station, a message saying, “Was this help” will be displayed. If the person selects “yes”, it will be fed into a database of correctly answered questions. If the machines are left idle, unanswered questions will display until someone decides to answer one.
