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In a few years, you will tell your smart fridge, "buy a car". The fridge will make the appropriate selection (a Volvo if you drink Organic milk etc.), make the
by sriram_malhar 11y ago
In a few years, you will tell your smart fridge, "buy a car". The fridge will make the appropriate selection (a Volvo if you drink Organic milk etc.), make the payment from the appropriate account (keep the Swiss account for another day). In about 10 minutes, the car that now belongs to you drives itself to your home, while you go out for a walk.
- jrcii 11y agoYour scenario is reminiscent of Homer Simpson's recent quote: "Siri, tell Amazon to drone me a beer." A drone carrying a beer immediately flies through the window and drops it in his hand.
- mintplant 11y agoI could see "tell X to Y" becoming a central UI pattern for future voice interfaces, where the system's voice agent (Siri, Cortana...) forwards arbitrary command Y to app/service X which is responsible for interpreting Y.
- raverbashing 11y agoNot so exited about this, much more exited by the car driving itself to be serviced if possible (and back) Or just "your car is your own Uber driver"