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> see how many eggs I have left Requires machine vision (or you telling it every time you take out an egg), doesn't have much to do with IoT (unless you want t
by gens 10y ago
> see how many eggs I have left
Requires machine vision (or you telling it every time you take out an egg), doesn't have much to do with IoT (unless you want to see that from your TV or phone, that i guess you do).
> what temperature a corner of the fridge is
So many things to say, with the most prominent being that your fridge would have to have a ton of sensors. Again, not much to do with IoT (can even be analog, unless you want to check it on your office computer, ofc).
> have a way to tell when my milk is going bad
This is a lot harder then one might think. Did you buy fresh milk ? Pasteurized milk ? When did you open it ? What kind of bacteria live in your mouth/kitchen ? How long was it open ?
One could put a sensor for a specific gas in the milk package but even that has problems as the thin layer of milk on the side of the package will go sour faster but the milk itself will be fine.
Ofc, the fridge could guess. But you won't know anything for sure until you open the fridge and check. And the extra complexity means not just higher cost but also lower reliability.
> IoT is bringing in some potentially cool stuff, ..
Yes. I intend to, someday, plug a RPI to the TV and lights and put speech recognition on it. Star Trek FTW. But it is no problem living without it all. For a better living i recommend moving to a wooden house (or just putting wood on the inside of rooms), as it is a much better feeling then titanium white painted minerals.
- CaptSpify 10y ago> Requires machine vision no it doesn't. rfid, weight, a camera, can easily do this. > the most prominent being that your fridge would have to have a ton of sensors Sensors? in a refrigerator? the horror! How could we ever accomplish such a tremendous feat?!? /sarcasm > This is a lot harder then one might think. Sure, but it doesn't mean it's not possible. Just because something is hard doesn't mean we shouldn't do it. I'd argue the opposite. > But it is no problem living without it all. And it's no problem living without a cell phone, or central heating, or indoor plumbing, but we don't see many people running to that lifestyle very often. Just because you don't want something, has no bearing on whether other people want it or not.
- gens 10y agoI don't know anything about you, but I do know that I know a somewhat fair amount about electronics and mechanics. I'l just respond to the first one. > no it doesn't. rfid, weight, a camera, can easily do this. Dirt, egg-white, temperature variations. Rfid on eggs ? I get my eggs from the market. A nice lady has chickens that lay those eggs. I get 50 of them at once, that is much more then it fits in the egg drawer. (bdw lasers are better then cameras) The best solution i can think of are actually weight sensors (your idea). But even that has immense problems in that all eggs are not equal. Meaning that the whole.. what you call the little cup they sit in.. would have to be weighted. Meaning either separate cups or rubber cups, bout of which are a reliability problem. >And it's no problem living without a cell phone, or central heating, or indoor plumbing, but we don't see many people running to that lifestyle very often. Hyperbole. But anyway, have you tried living in a forest ? Just because you think it's bad doesn't mean it is. (see that, i can hyperbole too) >Just because you don't want something, has no bearing on whether other people want it or not. I didn't say i don't want it. I explained that it is too much trouble for almost no benefit. Some such things are great. I can think of a dozen things that can be done with electronics that are nice, kind-of useful and, most importantly, actually liable (fairly cheap, reliable and fairly easy to do). An egg-counting refrigerator is not one of them. Mind you that i love electronics. (my desk is littered with it) Would even be doing it instead of programming if it wasn't so expensive.