BRAD: UC Berkeley's 'Ridiculously Automated' Dorm Room

Ever wanted a "ridiculously automated" dorm room with mechanical curtains? You are in luck.

Derek Low, a freshman at UC Berkeley, has tricked out his room in an epic fashion. His abode, which he nicknamed BRAD (short for Berkeley Ridiculously Automated Dorm) has automatic curtains, light sensors and music befitted for every time of day or emotional experience possible. When his room is on "romantic mode," for example, music plays and the lights dim. On "party mode," loud music blares and there is a light show!

Check out BRAD in the video below.

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Comments

[Xoubuo]

12:39 PM on 05/05/2012

Wow, that guy should start is own company

[skullman]

01:20 AM on 05/05/2012

This guy needs a girlfriend.

[Jesse Jess]

11:14 AM on 05/03/2012

to think of amount of work just to be lazy this must have took ....be easier to just do it all yourself rather than work so hard to be lazy ,,,lol

[mudshark12]

07:48 PM on 05/02/2012

Needs to install quieter motors for opening the curtains. Excellent light show while in party mode. Certainly was high tech.

[BinghamLofts]

06:09 PM on 05/02/2012

Your tax dollars and student loans at work!

[GOODDOC1]

12:56 AM on 05/03/2012

What? Are you saying that UC Berkely was wrong in accepting this obviously intelligent young man? Or that he shouldn't have any free time to be able to do this? You never know. He might be designing housing for quadriplegics in the future. I think it's a GREAT job!

[MyNinja]

05:53 PM on 05/02/2012

Hey baby, wanna come to my room and listen to the Loin King soundtrack???

[Jan Rice]

10:57 PM on 05/02/2012

Loin King?

[GOODDOC1]

12:56 AM on 05/03/2012

Freudian slip?

[MyNinja]

04:10 PM on 05/03/2012

Oh, HA! Good catch. I type to fast. But it could still apply, LOL.

[mr colvin]

03:39 PM on 05/02/2012

Wow... The negative comments about the this kids ingenuity are amazing. People saying things like "what's the point"? Seriously? The young man apparently was displaying his technological skills, probably something that a lot of the people posting negative comments know nothing about. When he's making millions of dollars a year and you're still posting comments on HuffPo news articles, he's probably going to sit back and look at you folk and say "what's the point"....

[buckholz]

02:17 PM on 05/02/2012

I could have used one of those when I was at Berkeley. After a day of hurling pipe-bombs at half-tracks, it would have been really nice to have a technologically-inviting place to unwind.

[amber rachel says]

01:49 PM on 05/02/2012

This kid is going to make money hand over fist when he becomes a smart-house residential interior architect. This video is his resume.

[GOODDOC1]

12:57 AM on 05/03/2012

He could end up designing housing for quadriplegics!

[John Tang]

12:53 PM on 05/02/2012

Good for UC, but dorms are very expensive to live in; some people have to borrow loans just to live in dorms. I would rather live off-campus than on-campus. College is not about living in luxury, it's about getting an education.

[GOODDOC1]

12:58 AM on 05/03/2012

He IS getting an education. He's a very bright student. If he can do it, good for him!

[John Weilder]

12:37 PM on 05/02/2012

So the lights go on and off and the curtains open.....BFD

[GOODDOC1]

01:00 AM on 05/03/2012

Tell that to a quadriplegic who wants to live alone. It IS a BFD to them! Maybe this guy will end up designing housing that allows them to live independantly in the future! If all you care about is money, this could save a lot of money, instead of warehousing them in nusing homes or assisted living centers in the future! Think about it!

[John Weilder]

09:36 AM on 05/04/2012

maybe if he invented something. He just set up his room with already existing technology.

[teecee656]

11:54 AM on 05/02/2012

Looking out his window, the top floor of the opposite dorm was where my daughter stayed her first year at Berkeley. I understand her constant complaints better now. NERDS, they're everywhere at Berkeley. Too much time playing with computers, lights electric motors and disco balls, and too little time interacting with people!!

[John Weilder]

12:39 PM on 05/02/2012

I agree. He needs to engage party mode and make some friends.

[Kayden Heron]

02:55 PM on 05/02/2012

A daughter college age and you're engaging in name calling? You may have a point, forget books and studying, let's all just use school as a way to go out and party with friends all the time!

[teecee656]

05:33 PM on 05/02/2012

I'm not name calling... I was using her word! She graduated with a 3.8 gpa.. and Berkeley is very academically oriented. Just getting accepted is an accomplishment. The student body as a whole, is very serious about their education and very competitive. They wouldn't even be accepted unless they were in the top 5% of their high school class. Less than a year ago I was walking around the campus actually saw a student with a pocket protector, pretty definitive!

[360Dunk]

11:31 AM on 05/02/2012

I've seldom been on the Berkeley campus when there's not some form of protest going on. This kid should have a link in his dorm room to a camera that looks over Sproul Plaza and alerts him when a protest develops and to the type of sign he should bring.

[Diane LaRee Peagler]

11:09 AM on 05/02/2012

kinda cool.... but what is the purpose??....musta missed that..

[GOODDOC1]

01:02 AM on 05/03/2012

This technology could be used to help the disabled live on their own in the future. THAT would be a GREAT purpose!

[Diane LaRee Peagler]

01:38 PM on 05/03/2012

good point... !

[Right Bright]

10:52 AM on 05/02/2012

Do you still wonder why college tuitions are going through the roof?

[Paws Up]

11:18 AM on 05/02/2012

ummm....He did this himself. Not the college.

[gracecfl]

11:24 AM on 05/02/2012

Yes I do, and they have nothing to do with what this student did and PAID FOR himself!