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Personally, I'm working on a new product at Google that will make computers do something that they've never done before, something that many people have wanted
by revorad 15y ago
Personally, I'm working on a new product at Google that will make computers do something that they've never done before, something that many people have wanted for a long time.
There are 2 things I've wanted for a long time:
A search engine for stuff in my house, so that I never have to sift through drawers for hours ever again.
A cheap robot for cleaning dishes, washing clothes, cleaning the house. The current solutions are expensive and don't work very well.
I hope you're working on one of them.
- zem 15y agohave you read doctorow's "makers"? he presents a reasonably plausible way in which a "search for stuff in your house" system could evolve (based on dirt cheap and deeply unobtrusive rfid tags you simply attach to everything)
- revorad 15y agoAttaching rfid tags (or anything) to everything sounds like a very inefficient and impractical solution. I think I have a better idea involving other types of sensors. I just need another life to work on it.
- jrockway 15y agoA cheap robot for cleaning dishes, washing clothes I think we have these, right: dishwashers and washing machines. The problem is emptying the dishwasher and folding clothes. (I live in New York so I drop off laundry before work and pick it up after work, cleaned and folded, for about $9 a week. Yay.)
- Drbble 15y agoAnd for sorting clean dishes you have the Google kitchen staff. (But you still have to sort your own dirty dishes for some reason... )