Agreed. Watching a video of someone who had the lights turned on and of by a Kinect connected to a Pi a while ago I pondered what I would like to have automated

Agreed. Watching a video of someone who had the lights turned on and of by a Kinect connected to a Pi a while ago I pondered what I would like to have automated in my home. I came up with... nothing. Most of the basic household chores are about actually doing stuff. Groceries, fixing food, washing dishes and clothes etc. Automation boils down to switching on and off electrical devices and maybe some video or information display. Not enough optimization potential for me. Even my roomba (clone) sits idle, because it is tangling up in the stuff the cats play with.