Sure big screen TV’s and digital cameras dominate the world of consumer electronics. But today, high tech is landing in the kitchen.
Diane Valachovic with Intelligent Oven said, “The problem today is we need to move the food from the refrigerator to the oven for it to be cooked. Well, nobody’s home to do that.”
So inventors are hoping you’ll turn to the Intelligent Oven. “Iit’s both a refrigerator and an Internet connected oven.”
That’s an oven that keeps the food cold during the day and heats it up at night, all controlled by the click of a mouse.
“Computer, open the media center.”
Microsoft wants your toaster to share space with a PC, a computer that runs the household, without ever touching a mouse just raising by your voice.
Tom Freeman with Voicebox Technologies said, “Your hands are busy, your eyes are busy, you just want the information, you just want to get it. And the most natural way to get it is to deliver a command that says, ‘I’ looking for a recipe for chocolate cheesecake.”
If it’s not ovens or recipes, it’s online access to the rest of your house from cameras to ..
“You can control the security, the lights, the temperature. You can control some of the appliances. You can do a pool and spa control,” said Allison Read with Home Automation Inc.
Paul Barnett, High Tech Home said, “Women don’t like the looks of speakers. They don’t like to design around speakers.”
So one idea is to literally build the speakers into the ceiling, where’s it’s anybody’s guess where the music’s coming from.
Finally what’s old is new again. “This is the old Wurlitzer a thousand times over.”
The Wurlitzer of yesteryear is getting a makeover, taking your entire music collection and turning it into a simple high tech push button juke box.
Kris Carter, Gibson Audio said, “One of the things we’ve really focused on is the female market because we feel it’s a market that is overlooked in the consumer electronics industry.”
That Wurlitzer juke box won’t be on the market until the end of the year. The interesting thing here is how much inventors want our homes to revolve around computers. Is it convenience or one big headache? Only the future will tell.
From waff.com