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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?"
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Monday October 10 2016, @08:21PM
I don't want to activate devices with a spoken sentence. That's too much risk of accidentally doing it (tell someone "I've put some food here on the stove; when you come home in the evening, just switch on the stove." The device decodes "switch on the stove" and does it.). Add that I have no need to get told how many cups fit in a gallon (I'm in a metric country, and I don't need a computer to tell me how to shift decimal points, thank you very much), and I conclude that this is a wholly useless device for me.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.