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RE: [PLUG] Usage ideas for home network...(a bit of OT ramblings)
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I think the "smart home" thing will become a huge industry once they get
smart enough to create smart kitchen appliances. Imagine a refrigerator that
knows when your milk goes bad or when you run out of hot dogs it just buys
more and gets them delivered.
I can see it now:
"I am sorry Chris; I can not allow you to use that milk."
In a more realistic sense I wonder how Linux will be used in future
capacities. Obviously it is used in many consumer products already but not
to the level that the consumer is aware that their product is really a
computer.
Sorry for the off topic branch of this discussion. I did get some good ideas
for the original question that I posed. Thank you all again for your help!
Chris.
-----Original Message-----
From: plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org
[mailto:plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Ozor
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 2:42 PM
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Subject: RE: [PLUG] Usage ideas for home network...(a bit of OT ramblings)
Check out www.smarthome.com they send a free catalog every month and
it's fun to look at.
-----Original Message-----
From: plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org
[mailto:plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org] On Behalf Of sloopy
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 2:30 PM
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Subject: RE: [PLUG] Usage ideas for home network...(a bit of OT
ramblings)
On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 12:33, Matthew Ozor wrote:
> Here's an idea for you, get a patent for it... then hope someone else
> builds it. Sue them for rolities- The American Way :-)
>
even help them build it and then sue them and call your self SCO ;')
seriously,
one thing i always thought was cool was a 'digital home' i.e. having
lighting and other things controlled by computer in the house... set one
up with an X-10 type setup so everything can be controlled by one
machine, put a couple monitors on it throughout the house and and it
could also show other things, like email, news, even the results of last
nights hockey (or uh foosball ;') game...
i think it would be cool to have the lights in the house going on and
off back and forth across the front of the house...
sloopy.
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