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I shouldn't have to unlock my garage; it should identify my car by the same way my car identifies my keys as soon as it gets within range, and open automaticall

I shouldn't have to unlock my garage; it should identify my car by the same way my car identifies my keys as soon as it gets within range, and open automatically. Think about this for a few more minutes and you will figure out the failure modes. Here's one for free: You can no longer drive past your house without the door opening, at which point you will have to press a button to close the door. I guess you could have the door close itself when it senses that you've gone out of range. But: what if you own two cars, and the other one is parked in the driveway? Consumers are not going to want to have to solve a logic puzzle to figure out if their garage door is going to be open or closed.

Chris8535 18y ago
Right thats the point to some degree. The technology won't be mind reading perfection, some effort on the part of the user will still be required. Without an affirmative user interaction, devices won't do anything be a ridiculous amount of pre-configured scripts which will become more cumbersome to manage than helpful. The article could have been about how in the future everyone will live in floating bubbles which will wireless control everything in the world, but that is simply extrapolating on the on a trend that humans will physically interact less. This analysis takes into account what might actually happen on the horizon and what technologies are likely to make that happen. It would be nice if the fridge had told the guy before he got home though.
derefr 18y ago
The door closes when the pressure coils (a.k.a. the ones that ring the bells at gas stations, and the spaced out ones used for speed detection) on the floor detect the vehicle has been parked. If it detects that you are no longer moving toward it, it will also close. The garage will learn which cars you park inside and which you leave outside it, so it might open at the wrong times the first few times, but once you've trained its filter, it'll do fine. You'll obviously be able to open it manually (that is, with a key fob) as well, in order to train it. If you want to let your friends park in your garage, just put "my friends are coming over by car" on your calendar. And none of this will happen, of course, if your garage is full.

Chris8535 18y ago

Right thats the point to some degree. The technology won't be mind reading perfection, some effort on the part of the user will still be required. Without an affirmative user interaction, devices won't do anything be a ridiculous amount of pre-configured scripts which will become more cumbersome to manage than helpful. The article could have been about how in the future everyone will live in floating bubbles which will wireless control everything in the world, but that is simply extrapolating on the on a trend that humans will physically interact less. This analysis takes into account what might actually happen on the horizon and what technologies are likely to make that happen. It would be nice if the fridge had told the guy before he got home though.

derefr 18y ago

The door closes when the pressure coils (a.k.a. the ones that ring the bells at gas stations, and the spaced out ones used for speed detection) on the floor detect the vehicle has been parked. If it detects that you are no longer moving toward it, it will also close. The garage will learn which cars you park inside and which you leave outside it, so it might open at the wrong times the first few times, but once you've trained its filter, it'll do fine. You'll obviously be able to open it manually (that is, with a key fob) as well, in order to train it. If you want to let your friends park in your garage, just put "my friends are coming over by car" on your calendar. And none of this will happen, of course, if your garage is full.