On Tuesday, 8 November 2016 14:43:47 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
Once you have bulbs that can be switched on and off using the phone,
and have the color anything you want set by the phone app, doesn€˜t
cost any more to have the dimming done that way too.

Yep even smart kettles are availible for under 100 UKPs.

It's an excellent idea. You stay outside in the cold fiddling with your
phone to make sure the kettle has just boiled when you get indoors. Let's
just hope you remembered to switch on your heating too - before getting
home.

You could check to see how often and how much you used your kettle.
I guess some peole neber had a use for a kettle that automatically switched itself off or stopped when it had no water in it.
Some prefer old whistling kettles.

Pehaps you can tell me what use a remote is for opening yuor car door or locking it. It;s not likje the remote puts yuo in the car you've still got to manualy open the door.


I've heard of smart toasters too. You put the bread in before you go to
work and have beautiful stale bread toast waiting for you when you get
home at night.

Stale bread is better for toasting well not too stale thgat it has a life of it's own.
But what I see in the future is an app that sets all yuor appliances off after you've loaded them them the phone will sych everything.
You know like people have to do when cooking seting timers goign from one pot to another..... I bet you've never even considered that option in the future.

Any idea why peokle use clocks and timers when cooking as I don't have to.
Only idiots need to have cooking times for difernt products is that it ?



Assuming a mouse hasn't eaten it first. After fiddling
with your phone outside in the cold.

I;ve seen plenty of peole fiddle with car remotes in the cold.


What I need is an app. which can take the dirty clothes from the basket
and put them in the machine before switching it on. And an app to do the
ironing - even better.

It's being worked on , we did a version using a BBC microbit just a demo no real cloths as it was benchtop.


I must be the odd one here.

you are very odd yes glad you realise.

I'd have thought of all those ideas ages ago
if I saw any merit in them. Not have to be 'sold' them by a TV ad.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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