For Just $8,699 You, Too, Can Control Your Oven Over The Web
from the it-took-that-long-and-that-much-for-this? dept
For years and years, we've been hearing stories about internet connected appliances -- with most of the focus being on refrigerators. However, why stop there? One company is apparently using some NASA technology to create a internet connected oven that will set you back a cool $8,699. We've actually heard of similar things before, but this is the first one we've heard of actually being available. What's not entirely clear is how this is possibly worth nine thousand dollars and why it needed twelve years to develop. Twelve years? Was this originally intended to be run using Gopher or something?
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Not as easy as you may think
That's not the big deal though, the oven is also a refrigerator. Obviously an internet-oven would be useless if the food spoiled between leaving for work and starting it before you return. I'm guessing any standard refrigeration unit wouldn't hold up well to 400° F.
My guess is 12 years were spent on coming up with a refrigerant with a very wide temperature range, and when that was finished, they came up with the idea of a refrigerating oven as a way to use it. If they just wanted to cool off an oven, it could have been developed differently much faster, but possibly not in as small a space.
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In other news, the Anderson family is wondering why thier new christmas light system from icontrollitonline.com is now blinking to the Colombian National Anthem...
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Re: Not as easy as you may think
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how much?!!? I did my own DIY version for under $2
So all in all these things can be done cheaper if you really wanted it. ;)
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Did anyone read the privacy agreement?
"8. USAGE DATA
TMIO, LLC reserves the right to collect usage information regarding your use of the Software and the Appliance. You expressly consent to the collection of such usage data by TMIO, LLC for purposes including, but not limited to resolving issues, generating upgrades, providing service and repairs, and for transmission to third-parties in connection with an unresolved insurance claim or other legal proceeding. The usage data may include, but need not be limited to, frequency of use, temperatures, length of usage, features used, commands used, and other relevant information regarding your use of the Software and/or Appliance. This data may be collected via service call, upgrade installation, remotely via an Internet connection or via any other communications employed by the Appliance and TMIO, LLC. At no time will TMIO, LLC divulge any personal confidential information to a third party without your consent or pursuant to a valid court order."
Why do they need to know when I'm cooking, what recipes I'm looking up, etc.?
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If not, it will go away and be forgotten.
Lots of companies try things and wind up just pissing away the money. It's just experimentation, not a bad thing.
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Damit
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Last thing I want is to come home and find my oven has spent the day downloading porn and my dinner is infested with worms....
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