On Jan 11, 10:36*am, rlz wrote:
On Jan 11, 10:19*am, "
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On Jan 11, 11:55*am, rlz wrote:

I saw an segment on Headline News this morning about new technology at
a tradeshow. *It showed a kitchen blender that is cordless. *It gets
its power inductively from a specific location on the countertop. *If
you move the blender away from the location, the blender doesn't work..

I laughed at it because I can just imagine how this would go in my
house. My wife would want this new blender. *I would have to replace
the countertop with this new type of countertop. *I would have to run
AC power to the underside of the countertop. *Of course, this would
require replacing the kitchen sink and faucet, as well. *Due to
replacing the countertop, the walls would have to be painted because
I'm sure there would be a noticable difference. *With new painted
walls, the cabinets would need to be cleaned or replaced. *Now that
the cabinets, walls and countertop are looking like new, the floor
would definitely need to be replaced. *Maybe even have to get all new
appliances as well.

All for a freaking $100 blender.....

Robin

What makes you think it only costs $100? *A Vitamix
is like $400 and that's nothing exotic. *They do come up
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Yea, I probably low-balled the price. *I can see the convenience of
being cordless, but now they are adding another point of failure into
the equation. *If all of the appliances go to this new technology and
your countertop fails, thats a much larger problem than just replacing
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Here's the link to the story:
http://www.hlntv.com/video/2013/01/1...09#videoplayer