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If the price is right, there could be a whole ecosystem using these big displays. Imagine every family owning one where they can easily access kids activity sc

by Renaud 12y ago

If the price is right, there could be a whole ecosystem using these big displays. Imagine every family owning one where they can easily access kids activity schedules, pin lists of groceries, track chores, to do litst that could sync with every family member's phone (for those old enough),... This could completely replace the fridge magnets and the pin board, and it could be an excellent way for younger kids to interact with educational content. It could also server as a communication point for younger kids who are too young to have their own phone/tablet, be able to call each-others under supervision, ...

noonespecial 12y ago
I love technology. I totally want what you just described; but if you don't have a "family whiteboard" get one now. Even if its just the low-tech kind with markers. I can't tell you how awesome it is to watch my (gradeschool age) kids sketch their ideas after being brought up with ours.
- moron4hire 12y ago
  I have a friend who painted an entire wall in his house with blackboard paint, to be used with chalk. It's actually rather gorgeous. The kid isn't old enough yet to draw on it, but we certainly had a lot of fun with it :)
  - k__ 12y ago
    The parents of my girlfriend just let her draw on the walls when she was young (<4). After the years it got hidden behind furniture, because she was so small back then and couldn't draw >1m.
fsiefken 12y ago
I already have very cheap 0.5 mm think foil i put on the living room door on which i write household schedules, chores etc for that week. Good enough and makes me less dependent on technology. Having such a display always on would take lots of electricity and would be distracting, the white foil doesn't have these problems and is infinately smaller and cheaper - it just doesn't have the intelligence (you probably won't need for this particular purpose)
- icebraining 12y ago
  Good enough and makes me less dependent on technology Except for the immense supply chain that brings those products to your store :)
joezydeco 12y ago
I saw a technology demo a long time ago, I think from Philips, that used a camera pointed at a whiteboard. Aside from the typical "take a snapshot of the board and fax/email it to me", the board could recognize and execute various actions by writing words and symbols on the board and drawing a circle around them. (e.g. "75+circle = set the room temp to 75 degrees") This was way before cheap vision systems were around. I bet someone could hack something together today with a cheap Linux SoC, webcam, and OpenCV. Combined with a video projector it could do even more. But then again, I don't want a noisy projector running all the time in my kitchen.

by Renaud 12y ago

noonespecial 12y ago

I love technology. I totally want what you just described; but if you don't have a "family whiteboard" get one now. Even if its just the low-tech kind with markers. I can't tell you how awesome it is to watch my (gradeschool age) kids sketch their ideas after being brought up with ours.

moron4hire 12y ago
I have a friend who painted an entire wall in his house with blackboard paint, to be used with chalk. It's actually rather gorgeous. The kid isn't old enough yet to draw on it, but we certainly had a lot of fun with it :)
- k__ 12y ago
  The parents of my girlfriend just let her draw on the walls when she was young (<4). After the years it got hidden behind furniture, because she was so small back then and couldn't draw >1m.

fsiefken 12y ago

I already have very cheap 0.5 mm think foil i put on the living room door on which i write household schedules, chores etc for that week. Good enough and makes me less dependent on technology. Having such a display always on would take lots of electricity and would be distracting, the white foil doesn't have these problems and is infinately smaller and cheaper - it just doesn't have the intelligence (you probably won't need for this particular purpose)

icebraining 12y ago
Good enough and makes me less dependent on technology Except for the immense supply chain that brings those products to your store :)

joezydeco 12y ago

I saw a technology demo a long time ago, I think from Philips, that used a camera pointed at a whiteboard. Aside from the typical "take a snapshot of the board and fax/email it to me", the board could recognize and execute various actions by writing words and symbols on the board and drawing a circle around them. (e.g. "75+circle = set the room temp to 75 degrees") This was way before cheap vision systems were around. I bet someone could hack something together today with a cheap Linux SoC, webcam, and OpenCV. Combined with a video projector it could do even more. But then again, I don't want a noisy projector running all the time in my kitchen.