Why Intel Wants To Network Your Clothes Dryer 330
An anonymous reader writes "Intel has shown off a working prototype of a small box that, among other things, can monitor your clothes dryer to see how much it's contributing to your power bill. The Intelligent Home Energy Management proof-of-concept device is a small box with an 11.56-inch OLED touchscreen that is designed to act as an electronic dashboard for monitoring energy use in the home. By equipping devices like home entertainment systems and clothes dryers with wireless networked power adapters, the system can actually report back the power draw for a particular power point. Leave the house, and it can make sure power-draining devices like that plasma TV are turned off. It is unlikely the device will enter production (there are apparently only four in existence), however this story about the box shows something we can expect to see in the home of tomorrow. Ultimately, it's not only about saving money, but also reducing load on the electricity grid by removing needless power use."
Perverts! (Score:4, Funny)
They want to see your underwear, that's why.
Now how about... (Score:5, Funny)
...they come up with a way to detect that monster that keeps eating my fucking socks. I'm sick and tired of wearing mismatching socks! DAMMIT, FIND THAT BASTARD!!!
Re:Perverts! (Score:5, Funny)
Now i know what "Intel Inside" really meant. Bastards.
Re:Interesting... (Score:4, Funny)
You could do that with a sticker right now. Do you need a sticker?
So the Government can turn it off (Score:4, Funny)
So the Government (or the egacorporation acting on the govt's behalf) can turn off your appliance, and only let you use it during certain predetermined times. i.e. Rationing of electricity usage.
Yeah I know..... you think I'm a nutter for saying that, but then again I've studied government history. If they CAN do a thing, they will do that thing. Maybe not now, maybe not tomorrow, but eventually.
Oh goody, the wired home. (Score:3, Funny)
Our flying cars are just around the corner.
I have heard about the intelligent home all my life. So did my parents AND their parents. Look up some old reels from a "visions of the future" style problem. Where you see some housewife in black&white use robots we still don't have. 50+ years and the toaster still doesn't work right.
Okay, so the dryer is networked. What now? Report its power drain? I know it drains power, I can hear it running. How much? Well, I know how much thank you, I can see it on the bill. If I don't care about the money I sure as hell don't care about the environment OR that it will brownout the district.
If I do care about the environment and bill, then I would hardly want to ADD to the polution and cost by installing electronic devices I don't need.
This belongs in the category of the fridge that scans your food. The gadget is called a wife. They can see straight through metal and can detect rotting food a mile away. The gadget for saving electricity is called a dad. Try it. Get a wife with the optional extra of a kiddy or two (odd enough you don't get a discount for bulk buying) and you soon will be the most efficient energy saver on the planet.
Re:Interesting... (Score:3, Funny)
If it could also give suggestions such as:
"You know, if you waited 4 hours and ran this load of laundy at midnight, you'd save 30% because of the lower power rates"
That would be pretty cool and useful! We can save a lot of money, not by buying a bunch of new electronic goods but, by simply modifying our habits with our current electric drawing devices.
Clippy: It looks like you are trying to wash semen stains out of your Y-fronts.Would you like me to order some rubber knickers instead?
Re:More likely.... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Interesting... (Score:2, Funny)
Clippy: It looks like you are trying to wash semen stains out of your Y-fronts.Would you like me to order some rubber knickers instead?
Clippy: It looks like you are trying to wash blood stains and powder residue off your clothes. Would you like me to contact a criminal defense attorney?
Not monster. Wormhole. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not monster. Wormhole. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Not monster. Wormhole. (Score:3, Funny)
Just put them back in the dryer. They'll make their way back.