I think most of these smart items already exist, I would love to see what the “meh-ngineers” could cook up for smart sea glass though. Also, can I come aboard as a meh-ngineer by any chance? Sounds like the very mediocre version of a Disney Imagineer and that describes me quite well.
@SparkyPDX I was gonna say, I’m pretty sure I’ve seen several of these sold here, at least for various values of “smart.” (My definition is generally a thing that requires connection to WiFi or Bluetooth; if it’s just running it’s own AI and not clogging up my IoT VLAN phoning home, it might even be doing something useful or helpful for me.) There are definitely chairs, pianos, and roofs (mostly solar) with connectivity. I’d be surprised if there wasn’t a mug with an app or something like that. I dunno about sea glass… that’d be an interesting one to see.
@dannybeans Very interesting. Not sure it would make sense for us since we are only ~23 years in on a 40-50 year metal roof right now. But certainly intriguing to think about.
@macromeh Same here, really. We’re not sure how old our roof is, but it’s still got at least a few years in it. With any luck, the price will have a chance to come down a bit before we need to think about paying for it.
@djslack I turned on “Explicit Content” in the app, but his swear words are still uncharacteristically few and far between. I mean, I wanna hear a Pulp Fiction diatribe.
Smart grass. It recognizes weeds and kills them, along with any bad bugs. It signals when it needs water or fertilizer by sending up a colored flag/blade of grass. It’s also smart enough to stay short so it doesn’t need mowing. Smart Grass 2/GuardDog can also be set to ensnare intruders on command.
Smart showers that are controlled by an app, so when people at work complain about how I smell like a barnyard I can just say the wi-fi wasn’t working.
@ludiddley4 and it will be smart enough to not tickle my damn feet. I have only had a foot massage from one man that managed to not tickle me and actually wanted to give a massage. I miss him.
We had to get our biometrics done for the health insurance at work. But they very nicely gave us a goodie bag of healthy snacks and things to stay healthy. It included a Bluetooth enabled water bottle. You charge the base and now I can check an app on my phone to see how much I drank out of the water bottle. Also I could just pick it up and see how heavy it is like I do with every other bottle in the world but whatever
My house which is a little over a year old has a smart refrigerator, washer, dryer, oven (can’t figure that one out), alarm system and tankless hot water heater. The house is smarter than I am.
Smart ass. You know, to tell you when to get off it. For fitness.
Smart ePants.
You know. For the usual reasons.
Smart mouth. So you can say the snark you wanted to say but then blame it on the robot.
I think most of these smart items already exist, I would love to see what the “meh-ngineers” could cook up for smart sea glass though. Also, can I come aboard as a meh-ngineer by any chance? Sounds like the very mediocre version of a Disney Imagineer and that describes me quite well.
@SparkyPDX I was gonna say, I’m pretty sure I’ve seen several of these sold here, at least for various values of “smart.” (My definition is generally a thing that requires connection to WiFi or Bluetooth; if it’s just running it’s own AI and not clogging up my IoT VLAN phoning home, it might even be doing something useful or helpful for me.) There are definitely chairs, pianos, and roofs (mostly solar) with connectivity. I’d be surprised if there wasn’t a mug with an app or something like that. I dunno about sea glass… that’d be an interesting one to see.
@SparkyPDX Smart roof. We’re planning on going that route when the time comes for a new one.
@dannybeans Very interesting. Not sure it would make sense for us since we are only ~23 years in on a 40-50 year metal roof right now. But certainly intriguing to think about.
@macromeh Same here, really. We’re not sure how old our roof is, but it’s still got at least a few years in it. With any luck, the price will have a chance to come down a bit before we need to think about paying for it.
Also, a Smart Alec. An animatronic Alec Baldwin that can be controlled by Alexa, wirelessly charge your phone and leave horrific voicemails.
Smart Samuel L Jackson…
Oh wait, they have that. Now if I could just get him to swear.
@2many2no you can turn profanity on in the alexa app settings. Then ask him what his favorite word is.
Also, apparently last fall they added “Hey Samuel” as a wake word to go straight to his voice. I’ll have to go try it.
@djslack I turned on “Explicit Content” in the app, but his swear words are still uncharacteristically few and far between. I mean, I wanna hear a Pulp Fiction diatribe.
Talkie Toaster
@hchavers YES!
@hchavers Your chirpy breakfast companion!
Smart grass. It recognizes weeds and kills them, along with any bad bugs. It signals when it needs water or fertilizer by sending up a colored flag/blade of grass. It’s also smart enough to stay short so it doesn’t need mowing. Smart Grass 2/GuardDog can also be set to ensnare intruders on command.
@rockblossom
/image lowes artificial grass
Check out this, posted by @djslack in @blaineg’s shower thread:
https://www.us.kohler.com/us/KOHLER-Digital-Showering-Overview/article/CNT130400004.htm
@Kyeh
I would need multiple hot water tanks if I had that thing. I already run out of hot water when I take a shower and we have a pretty big tank.
Smart mosquitoes are smart rattlesnakes or something else that’s potentially not good for humans
Smart showers that are controlled by an app, so when people at work complain about how I smell like a barnyard I can just say the wi-fi wasn’t working.
Smart foot massagers—they will know how long I stood all day and be able to deliver the perfect massage knowing even if 10,000 steps were involved
@ludiddley4 and it will be smart enough to not tickle my damn feet. I have only had a foot massage from one man that managed to not tickle me and actually wanted to give a massage. I miss him.
We had to get our biometrics done for the health insurance at work. But they very nicely gave us a goodie bag of healthy snacks and things to stay healthy. It included a Bluetooth enabled water bottle. You charge the base and now I can check an app on my phone to see how much I drank out of the water bottle. Also I could just pick it up and see how heavy it is like I do with every other bottle in the world but whatever
My house which is a little over a year old has a smart refrigerator, washer, dryer, oven (can’t figure that one out), alarm system and tankless hot water heater. The house is smarter than I am.