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Screw pressing the buttons. Can I train an Amazon Echo to listen for me brushing my teeth?
by wmeredith 11y ago
Screw pressing the buttons. Can I train an Amazon Echo to listen for me brushing my teeth?
- Brian-Puccio 11y agoJust put a webcam in your bathroom, you can track how long you brush, floss, even shower (save water if you're in CA!) with just one device. No, seriously, the bathroom is the last place I want the quantified self.
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- pavel_lishin 11y agoI assume you're concerned about privacy; the bathroom is probably the second best place (after the fridge) for tracking your health stuff. I would 100% buy a digital medi-toilet that analyzes my wastes and warns me if something is off.
- Istof 11y agoThen they might start putting traceable additives to foods to better track you.... eg: you eat at restaurant X.... or shared food with person Y (by analyzing combinations of additives)... or used too much of drug Z...
- pavel_lishin 11y agoNow that's an interesting thought. Especially coupled with another reply, about my insurance company buying me one. They buy me one tomorrow, and raise my premiums the next year because I drink more than their actuarial table allows.
- uptown 11y agoAsk your insurance company. In sure they'd be happy to buy you one.
- function_seven 11y agoBe very careful about what you want Alexa to listen for. https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1yuyyc/i_recorded_data_about_my_masturbation_sessions/ https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1yuyyc/i_r... EDIT: I should probably add NSFW for the link above...
- nl 11y agoI heard a VC complaining about a pitch he had for an internet connected toothbrush for kids once. It would notify parents if it wasn't used. I thought it was quite a good idea!
- bbcbasic 11y agoOr you could buy a device to bounce photons off the kid which deflect into your retina, and leverage a wetware neural network implanted in your brain to check if they have brushed their teeth.