"David Hare-Scott" > wrote

> - large audio-visual warnings if you leave the stove, tap etc turned on
> [yes]

I can't really picture that. Yes, the stove is on, I'm
making pot roast. How does it know I'm not cooking.
Sounds like way more trouble than it's worth.

I am one to wander off and forget I'm making hard boiled
eggs, I admit it. Stupid. I should get one of those timers
you wear around your neck. Going to order one right now,
as I'm thinking of it.

> - colour indicators of tap water temperature [maybe]

They have that available for some time now, never felt the
need for it.

> - hydroponic box in the room to keep vegetables alive and fresh [only if I
> couldn't grow my own]

Hmmm, I don't think so. I'm okay with the vegetable drawer,
I'm not thinking to have live lettuces/whatever growing.

> - an image of the contents of the fridge is projected on the door so you
> don't have to open it to see what's inside [yes cool!]

Wouldn't look too nice in my house, one reason I don't have
a glass front refrigerator. Only one reason. Heh, I can't find
stuff when I have the door open sometimes, don't know if a
picture would really help.

> - a spoon that tells you the temperature, pH and salinity of whatever you
> are stirring [no, my finger and tastebuds are better]

You know what I would like? A spoon that would tell you the
food has gone bad. That's something I could get behind. Is this
chicken bad? Touch it with the spoon, turns color. Now we're
talking.

> - the sink is silicone which is (almost) unstainable, not damaged by hot
> pans, soft and impact absorbent [yes if it was not damaged by knives]

I've seen those, interesting. Wonder how long they'd last.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
> "David Hare-Scott" > wrote
>
>> - an image of the contents of the fridge is projected on the door so
>> you don't have to open it to see what's inside [yes cool!]
>
> Wouldn't look too nice in my house, one reason I don't have
> a glass front refrigerator. Only one reason. Heh, I can't find
> stuff when I have the door open sometimes, don't know if a
> picture would really help.
>
How's a picture on the fridge door of a bunch of tupperware-like containers
or covered bowls going to tell me what's inside them?

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
> > "David Hare-Scott" > wrote
> >
> >> - an image of the contents of the fridge is projected on the door so
> >> you don't have to open it to see what's inside [yes cool!]
> >
> > Wouldn't look too nice in my house, one reason I don't have
> > a glass front refrigerator. Only one reason. Heh, I can't find
> > stuff when I have the door open sometimes, don't know if a
> > picture would really help.
> >
> How's a picture on the fridge door of a bunch of tupperware-like containers
> or covered bowls going to tell me what's inside them?

RFID ? Radio Frequency ID tags are becoming very popular at the retail
level, so why not take it to the home ? Then you could even ask the
fridge what's inside, and it could tell you.

Besides, if you go to the trouble of having a screen on the fridge, it
would have other uses. Pull up your recipes on the fridge screen while
cooking, chat with the RFC people while in the kitchen, or even watch
the big game that you invited people over for, but ended up stuck in
the kitchen at a key moment.

(Insert George Carlin's "Refidgerator Man" monolog here.)

It looks like ... meat-cake !!

Dean G.