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The Smart Home may not be a Thing, But the Smart Kitchen Might Be

posted by martyb on Monday October 10 2016, @04:44AM   Printer-friendly
from the firewall-takes-on-a-new-meaning dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

But there is one place where smart technology might make a difference, and that is in the kitchen. I have been dismissive of smart fridges and internet connected ranges before, but after reading Jennifer Tuohy’s article The Smart Kitchen: The Next Big Hope for the Internet of Things in TriplePundit, I realize that you cannot look at these appliances in isolation. She writes:

What is the largest producer of waste and second largest user of energy in the home? The kitchen. …I believe the smart kitchen is the next big thing for the smart home, the residential arm of IOT. If manufacturers can figure out a way to make smart products in the kitchen that reduce waste and energy use and increase convenience, then we will have a win for the planet, the consumer and business.

Is a smart kitchen a good idea, or the set up for an episode of, "Murder, She Wrote?"

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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Monday October 10 2016, @12:05PM

    by VLM (445) on Monday October 10 2016, @12:05PM (#412387)

    Wait what, there's an inappropriate genre of porn while cooking?

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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Monday October 10 2016, @12:40PM

    by VLM (445) on Monday October 10 2016, @12:40PM (#412405)

    Uh I retract that. My tastes in cooking pr0n are a little ... VANILLA (oh the puns they write themselves)

    I was daydreaming about Giada as usual, but then I realized there's scat and I suppose BBW "big beautiful women" could be a bit discouraging.

    This is aside from various activities that are perfectly safe to watch on screen, but probably violate one food safety standard or another such as various "hide the cucumber" games or even simple OSHA violations such as nude bacon frying.

    • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday October 10 2016, @06:36PM

      by bob_super (1357) on Monday October 10 2016, @06:36PM (#412571)

      Your fridge will detect which foods you're grabbing for dinner and display the appropriate naked pictures to encourage or discourage you.
      One version has the girls getting fatter as you keep taking fattening foods. Another mode detects if a woman is cooking and shows slim porn stars to draw the guys' eyes away from her.

      Just don't ask what you get when you grab the Ghost Pepper sauce.