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I think soon enough a similar device will unlock a new wave of IoT devices. Something, a bit cheaper, much easier to install, and accessible to layman. What if
by fumar 10y ago
I think soon enough a similar device will unlock a new wave of IoT devices. Something, a bit cheaper, much easier to install, and accessible to layman. What if such a device could easily be integrated in a couch, reading table, office chair, door handle, etc. Designers wouldn't need to re-invent X object to include a processing center, it would already exist.
I think there is a big opportunity in creating such a easy to use device. I like to think its similar to traditional services that have gone digital or transformed into web services. This would be the next step physical objects gaining digital awareness.
I remember when all of a sudden retailers needed to extend their presence into the web. Soon even furniture makers like IKEA will have connected furniture.
Why? It will be cheap and easy to implement. There are benefits that we don't consider important today. What if a smart table could keep track of its owners and use, almost like an odometer. Perhaps it could be sold or traded easier. Perhaps this would unlock a new system of trade, if objects could track their use. I wouldn't need to worry about getting a "fair" price or trade if it was more objective. Or a chair monitoring my posture and my couch recording when my dog decided to tear apart its cushion.
- visarga 10y agoWhat purpose would solve adding a CPU to my chair?
- stan_rogers 10y agoIt could have an air of insufferable smugness and sigh with the satisfaction of a job well done. I say that only slightly in jest; this whole "smart connected everything" movement really smacks of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation, and that was meant to be dystopian humour, not a promise of a brighter tomorrow.
- noir_lord 10y agoIts 'Snot based development', throw enough at the wall and see what sticks. The only way sometimes is to try the internet connected rabbit hutch and see if there is a market, the strangest things sometimes win.
- kweinber 10y agoWith that device it would run faster than an ARMchair.
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- brewdad 10y agoYour universal remote could be embedded in the armrest. No more hunting in the couch cushions. Of course, you'll need multiple chars because no one gets to sit in "Dad's chair" but Dad.
- vidarh 10y agoMy phone is my universal remote (controlling a Logitech Harmony Hub that controls all our devices). With some effort the Harmony Hub can be controlled via Alexa as well. I rarely know where my regular remotes are anymore.
- pjc50 10y ago> What if a smart table could keep track of its owners and use, almost like an odometer sigh How much am I going to have to pay in the future to not have hackable surveillance embedded in my furniture? It's bad enough when it's creeping into televisions and lightbulbs.