Networking For Overconvenience

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday October 20, 2006 @09:25PM from the if-there-is-such-a-thing dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "For several decades now, we've read that our homes will become smart and that we'll have many robotic slaves at our service. But it's never really worked. A recent European initiative called TEAHA (short for 'The European Application Home Alliance') wants to give another try, and it has enrolled some big industrial partners to make all our appliances interoperate seamlessly. Imagine a message on your TV telling you it's time to start the laundry! Read more for additional details and illustrations describing the concepts."

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if they are so smart by m1ndrape · 2006-10-20 23:23 · Score: 0, Redundant

then i should be able to send a message thru the tv to start my laundry, not the otherway around, and oh! when it's done, then it should be able to shift the clothes into the dryer, select the appropiate settings and dry them for me.

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Why does it need to display a message on TV? by javaDragon · 2006-10-20 23:51 · Score: 0, Redundant

Can't it start doing the laundry all by itself?

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