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Can I start my bath remotely?

I'd like simple everyday chores to be done or started for me.

Running the bath, and auto=stopping when it's full.

Starting my car so its warm/cool for when I get into it.

Heating my clothes before I put them on, lol.

Taking my clothes from the hamper, sorting and then washing them.

We have routines as people, we live our lives in routines. Lets have some automatic macro stuff for the home.

Telling me which stuff my cupboards are getting low on and preparing me a shopping list, then after I check it I can have the goods delivered OR added to a list and the trolley fills itself while I am on my way to the store.

I tried ordering over the internet from supermarkets and they are often substituting items, yet when I go to the store I can find those items. Are they lazy packers or is the stuff really not there, or are they only allowed to take so much of it for internet orders?

posted by : interested_party, 12 January 2010 Complain about this comment
Oh dear.

Sounds like a security nightmare to me...

posted by : Oliver Jones, 11 January 2010 Complain about this comment
Washing machines?

All sorts of home appliances suffer by cheapskate manufacturers putting as few buttons and displays into them as possible. Well, have them controlled through a web page instead - that works for me.

You are probably not supposed to operate a toaster without supervising it, so I suppose that turning it on by remote control in the morning -before- you start looking for your clean socks isn't really allowed.

posted by : Robert Carnegie, 11 January 2010 Complain about this comment

German boffin wants to make dumb gadgets smart

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