Presentation about home automation and smart appliances
- Thread starter Kalila5
- Start date
There are units like these:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,32128-page,1/article.html
And I remember reading about a program somewhere in the US where washer machines can receive electrical rate information (wireless), and run when it the rate is cheap, stuff like that. You would have to google for it, but there should be a bunch of articles about it (keywords like 'network frige' or 'network dishwasher' should help a lot). Good luck!
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,32128-page,1/article.html
And I remember reading about a program somewhere in the US where washer machines can receive electrical rate information (wireless), and run when it the rate is cheap, stuff like that. You would have to google for it, but there should be a bunch of articles about it (keywords like 'network frige' or 'network dishwasher' should help a lot). Good luck!
upstatemike
Senior Member
A good point to make might be that the idea of Smart Appliances has been around for more than a quarter of a century but very little progress has been made. Still waiting for the microwave that syncs its clock to the homes central controller as soon as you plug it in. Basic energy use reporting is still not built in to the appliances themselves and must be hacked together with equipment at the breaker panel. Radios that mute when the phone rings, TVs that display caller ID or switch to a camera view of the door when the doorbell rings... these should (by now) be functions that are included in off the shelf appliances all talking together on a standardized home network.
It is still nice to think about but I suspect somebody will be giving a talk in 2033 about how smart appliances are "right around the corner".
It is still nice to think about but I suspect somebody will be giving a talk in 2033 about how smart appliances are "right around the corner".
Here are a couple of places to look:
1) http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9003752 - A somewhat dated (2006) article describong "Microsoft Home, the software vendor's techno-fueled vision of domestic accoutrements of the future."
2) http://www.livescience.com/technology/0802...isney-home.html - Describes Disney's "House of the future" from the 60's and then describes the $15M, 5,000-square-foot home scheduled to open in May in "Tomorrowland" which is a collaboration of The Walt Disney Co., Microsoft Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., software maker LifeWare and homebuilder Taylor Morrison.
3) http://www.solardecathlon.org/ - The Solar Decathlon, sponsored by DoE invites 20 college and university teams to the Mall in Washington, DC to design, build, and operate the most attractive and energy-efficient solar-powered house. The most recent competition was in 2007 and links to each team's website are provided. One of the 10 competitions is "appliances" so you might find some useful information by scanning the design descriptions of each of the competitors. I visted about 1/2 of the houses and remember some quite innovative HVAC solutions.
Similar threads
