Today, when people engage in home improvement tasks, they have two options: take it on them, or hire a professional. In this paper, Accenture describes a third option called VIRTUAL HANDYMAN, a research prototype that demonstrates how the combination of emerging technologies like wireless networks, miniature cameras, speech interfaces, and Web services helps enable “micro services on tap.” This new option allows people to undert
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