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Shockingly, this was published last week. I was expecting a mid-90's/early-00s article. I don't understand why this is an article. Its basically saying "Imagin

Shockingly, this was published last week. I was expecting a mid-90's/early-00s article. I don't understand why this is an article. Its basically saying "Imagine if the Internet of Things.... wait for it.... had more Things!" Of course you'll see an increase in efficiency, and the balance of power will shift toward larger corporations capable of harnessing said efficiency. This has been happening for 15 years. This is not news to anyone.

Animats 7y ago
Shockingly, this was published last week. I was expecting a mid-90's/early-00s article. That's the impression I had. Home automation hasn't gone very far, and seems to be more trouble than it's worth. Now you have to worry about your "cloud home animation provider" going out of business, or changing their business model, or just dropping support on your home devices. Someone faced with Google dropping support on something recently wrote "My house won't work any more". "Unauthorised Bread" by Cory Doctorow is close to reality now. There's the Cameras Everywhere thing, with Ring and that crowd. That's the telescreen from 1984, privatized. None of this stuff does any much. All sensing, no actuation. Power windows for houses, for example, are expensive and rare. Even HVAC systems for houses which have a controlled damper for outside air are rare. The robot vacuum cleaners still aren't good enough to just ignore and let them do their job. Most of the ideas for the Internet of Things can be seen in the 1950s Whirlpool Kitchen of the Future. Today, you can really buy most of that stuff. Back then, though, Big Brother wasn't part of the package. [1] https://www.inverse.com/article/12064-we-ve-finally-arrived-in-the-1950s-kitchen-of-the-future https://www.inverse.com/article/12064-we-ve-finally-arrived-...
sumedh 7y ago
> This is not news to anyone. Maybe it is for the people who read Economist?

Animats 7y ago

Shockingly, this was published last week. I was expecting a mid-90's/early-00s article. That's the impression I had. Home automation hasn't gone very far, and seems to be more trouble than it's worth. Now you have to worry about your "cloud home animation provider" going out of business, or changing their business model, or just dropping support on your home devices. Someone faced with Google dropping support on something recently wrote "My house won't work any more". "Unauthorised Bread" by Cory Doctorow is close to reality now. There's the Cameras Everywhere thing, with Ring and that crowd. That's the telescreen from 1984, privatized. None of this stuff does any much. All sensing, no actuation. Power windows for houses, for example, are expensive and rare. Even HVAC systems for houses which have a controlled damper for outside air are rare. The robot vacuum cleaners still aren't good enough to just ignore and let them do their job. Most of the ideas for the Internet of Things can be seen in the 1950s Whirlpool Kitchen of the Future. Today, you can really buy most of that stuff. Back then, though, Big Brother wasn't part of the package. [1] https://www.inverse.com/article/12064-we-ve-finally-arrived-in-the-1950s-kitchen-of-the-future https://www.inverse.com/article/12064-we-ve-finally-arrived-...

sumedh 7y ago

> This is not news to anyone. Maybe it is for the people who read Economist?