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by brwr 14y ago
Good idea! This isn't something that I had considered. I imagine it would be very similar to cleaning inside. An autonomous lawn mower and robots for things such as edging would be cool, but, again, it would be a sticky situation.
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by brwr 14y ago
Air compression is a valid solution here, if I am understanding what you're asking for. The trick would be developing a silencer for the compression tank similar to that of a firearm. Check this out: http://youtu.be/otYAm6OXnH8
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by brwr 14y ago
So you are talking about giving the house a full personality? That's a fairly interesting idea and I'm not sure if it's an active area of research. It seems like giving the house a personality would require a huge advance in natural languag
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by brwr 14y ago
Someone else posted that farther down. The problem is that the capacity is so low. People want capacities that are to the tune of 5.0 cf for a washer and 8.0-9.0 cf for a dryer. The model in that article is only 2.44 cf. That is to be expec
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by brwr 14y ago
What about groceries? Sorting them, buying them, keeping track of current stock?
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by brwr 14y ago
The problem with that machine is that it is ridiculously small. At 2.3 cu ft, you probably couldn't find a comforter in there. Good find though! It gives me hope!
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by brwr 14y ago
I'll throw one in the ring for a few giggles: Emergency Party Mode! http://youtu.be/6x1GkgbVP1I?t=3m15s
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by brwr 14y ago
Self-cleaning bathrooms is a good start, because bathrooms are typically dirty. Why stop there though? As we go farther, the problem gets substantially more complex, but imagine a system where cleaning bots were small enough to travel throu
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by brwr 14y ago
I don't think that it is impractical at all! Certainly it would take a feat of engineering, but it is certainly possible. Check out my response to gatsby.
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by brwr 14y ago
Even better, the shower should be able to recognize that a person has entered the bathroom and also be able to identify that person. In a multi-person household, each person will have a certain temperature they prefer for showering. What if
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by brwr 14y ago
Oddly enough, the most difficult part of this would probably be folding the clothes. Take a towel for instance. When I want to fold a towel, I begin by searching for the corners of the towel. As it turns out, this is a rather difficult prob
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by brwr 14y ago
Would you rather it happen automatically or after you give a voice command such as "Shower On" or something similar? Having the water pre-heat would be very cool. The problem would be knowing when to start heating the water. Assuming the ho
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Ask HN: If you could automate one thing in your home, what would it be?
11 points by brwr 14y ago|55 comments
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by brwr 14y ago
It's a bit of a commute, so I'll have to get back to you. I appreciate the offer though!
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by brwr 14y ago
I blame it on 2AM-brain. Thanks for catching that.
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Ask HN: Can I have your couch in SF for a few days in May?
6 points by brwr 14y ago|5 comments