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Automation/Notification 1. Your oven can cook the pizza in the oven, which will be ready by the time you are home. 2. Your coffee maker can check your locatio

by ktta 10y ago

Automation/Notification 1. Your oven can cook the pizza in the oven, which will be ready by the time you are home. 2. Your coffee maker can check your location to see if you're in town or not and decide to make coffee. 3. Security cameras can upload video to cloud directly so you can see them from anywhere live. They can be motion activated to alert you so that you can check if it is a dog or a burglar. 4. A fridge which recently came out with a camera which you can check to see what you need to buy[1]. Can be triggered when your location is close to a grocery store. 5. Your smoke detector can send you a notification, turn off the internet connected thermostat and any other appliances. Can turn on the security camera inside so you can check if it's your family burning cookies or house burning down. 6. You washing machine can remind you when your load is done. Can send you reminders that you didn't do laundry for a while. 7. Roomba already does neat stuff that I don't need to explain here. As I said, the real benefit comes when they all work together. There are custom solutions, but if one can set up everything so that it can track your location/schedule to automate things, that would make for a great increase in quality of life. You won't keep forgetting food in the oven, let the heat bill run up too high, forget your clothes in the washer, and a nice coffee as soon as you wake up. This might seem insignificant, but I think it's similar to having a very smart housekeeper (although not as capable). Combined with all the data about you, like weight, heart rate, schedule, etc. intelligent systems can work pretty well. [1]: http://www.samsung.com/us/explore/family-hub-refrigerator/ http://www.samsung.com/us/explore/family-hub-refrigerator/

flukus 10y ago
1. How does the pizza get to the oven? 2. Lot's of issues, my presence does not determine my need for coffee. 4. Sounds great but in reality you won't be able to see things hidden behind other things or if a sauce bottle is full or empty. 7. What does roomba do that I need apart from a timer? From your list is seems like we'll have an internet of half working things that everyone turns off after a week because they're more trouble than they're worth.
- ktta 10y ago
  They aren't perfect. I don't really know what I was thinking with the first one, but I'll just rephrase it to remotely controllable oven. You can read more about what Roomba can do here[1]. If it isn't for you that's fine. Not everyone needs to buy sauces all the time. Usually just a look suffices. The problems you talk about aren't against IoT but just the use case I specify here. They're very solvable and there are many more uses than I can talk about. I'm not a salesman for these products so I just said what came to mind. When any new technology first comes to market and tries to blow everyone's minds away, it often fails to make the entrance it anticipates because, in your words, "they're more trouble than they're worth". But all they need is some rethinking and time. When PDAs first came out, my dad scoffed at them and used a large notebook to write down notes. But today that's changed. I think that'll be the same with IoT. We're increasingly moving towards a more electronic home, and that's not stopping anytime soon. It just needs some time to reach proper attention just like phones did, and we'll have standards (hopefully) which can harness the power of connected devices in your home. As the other commented to GPs reply said, a great factor is energy saving too. Intelligent devices can figure out by themselves when to turn on and off, and that can do a lot of power savings. [1]:https://store.irobot.com/default/robot-vacuum-roomba/ https://store.irobot.com/default/robot-vacuum-roomba/

by ktta 10y ago

flukus 10y ago

1. How does the pizza get to the oven? 2. Lot's of issues, my presence does not determine my need for coffee. 4. Sounds great but in reality you won't be able to see things hidden behind other things or if a sauce bottle is full or empty. 7. What does roomba do that I need apart from a timer? From your list is seems like we'll have an internet of half working things that everyone turns off after a week because they're more trouble than they're worth.

ktta 10y ago
They aren't perfect. I don't really know what I was thinking with the first one, but I'll just rephrase it to remotely controllable oven. You can read more about what Roomba can do here[1]. If it isn't for you that's fine. Not everyone needs to buy sauces all the time. Usually just a look suffices. The problems you talk about aren't against IoT but just the use case I specify here. They're very solvable and there are many more uses than I can talk about. I'm not a salesman for these products so I just said what came to mind. When any new technology first comes to market and tries to blow everyone's minds away, it often fails to make the entrance it anticipates because, in your words, "they're more trouble than they're worth". But all they need is some rethinking and time. When PDAs first came out, my dad scoffed at them and used a large notebook to write down notes. But today that's changed. I think that'll be the same with IoT. We're increasingly moving towards a more electronic home, and that's not stopping anytime soon. It just needs some time to reach proper attention just like phones did, and we'll have standards (hopefully) which can harness the power of connected devices in your home. As the other commented to GPs reply said, a great factor is energy saving too. Intelligent devices can figure out by themselves when to turn on and off, and that can do a lot of power savings. [1]:https://store.irobot.com/default/robot-vacuum-roomba/ https://store.irobot.com/default/robot-vacuum-roomba/