Re: Networked refrigerators (was Re: [Nolug] Vint Cerf talk (my notes from his talk at LSU))

Thou spake:
>On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 18:52, Joey Kelly wrote:
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I took notes during Vint Cerf's talk on "Internet Past and Future" this
>> afternoon. They aren't complete, but I think I got most of the high
>> points.
>>
>> ttp://joeykelly.net/cgi-bin/scratchpad/index.cgi?VintonCerf
>
>"net fridges: emailing you that you need to buy milk, etc."
>
>Why do people keep bringing this up? How can the 'fridge know if
>the milk carton is almost empty? Any technology put in the box to
>try to make such estimations will just drive up the cost.
>
>Such things are *useless*.

He did mention smart wine corks. These exist, but I do agree that it's a
little silly.

>
>What *is* useful about a net-connected refrigerator is the ability
>to send alerts like:
>"Hey, the door's been open for 30 minutes!!!"
>"The temperature is above normal, even though the door is closed."
>"The compressor is working too hard. Maybe it needs to be cleaned."
>
>This leads to other appliances sending useful messages, and being
>able to be remote controlled, like the:
>dishwasher
>washing machine
>clothes dryer
>VCR/DVD players
>
>Imagine a secure web interface into your DVD-RW player, so that if
>you are at work, and remember that you forgot to set the timer to
>record Jeopardy, you can do so from the office.

You can do this now... if you're running VNC on your box. SSH in to your
firewall and set up a tunnel for VNC. Blam, you have your desktop staring you
in the face. Web interface? Hmm...

-- 
Joey Kelly
< Minister of the Gospel | Computer Networking Consultant >
http://joeykelly.dhs.org
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