RE: MCE Washing Machine?

["Nigel Giddings" <nigel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What would make it useful is if it only ran when the grid had a
surplus
and you could dry your clothes for half price...


-----Original Message-----
From: Mal Lansell [mailto:mal@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 25 November 2006 11:04
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] MCE Washing Machine?



This may seem like heresey, but what's the point?

How often do you put clothes in the dryer, and not turn it on?
If the
system was really smart, why doesn't it turn itself on when you
shut the
door, instead of phoning to ask permission? And who cares if the

clothes are now dry - they'll still be dry when you get home.
How
mundane does ones life have to be to want a text letting you
know that
the washing is 38% complete?

If you could automate loading and unloading - that would be
useful (but
you still shouldn't need to intervene via mobile), and an
ironing bot
would certainly be a big hit.

Gadgets only really take off if they are genuinely useful, and
the same
goes for HA. It amazes me how these large companies fail time
and time
again to spot the basic uselessness of their inventions. In any
case,
if you really do want to be able to turn on your dryer from MCE,
you can
already do it with xPL :-)

Mal
http://www.xplmonkey.com <http://www.xplmonkey.com>

Mark McCall wrote:

> The Internet Home Alliance Research Council's LaundryTime
project connects
> the washing machine to your windows media center PC as well as
your cell
> phone. A colaboration between Whirlpool, Microsft, Panasonic
and HP,
> is this
> technology really coming to the smart home of the future?
>
> Watch the video...
>
> http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/article1790.html
<http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/article1790.html>
> <http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/article1790.html
<http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/article1790.html>
>
>
> M.
>
>







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