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Sunday, July 23, 2006

Too much?

Don’t get me wrong, I follow and embrace technology probably more so than the next guy, however, is there a point where technology gets useless? Techno-savy is cool. Just because something can be done, does it have to be? Some stories make me wonder what the cost/benefit (and profit) ratio is of some technological implementation.
Take http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060723/ap_on_hi_te/laundry_of_the_future for example. It is almost a calling for the ‘Top 10 useless technological implementations’.

How about a toaster that calls your cell phone when the toast is done? or a coffee pot that calls you when the coffee is done brewing?

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posted by Brad Prendergast at 7:11:00 AM

Comments:

I would say that the laundry example in the article isn't useless at all.

Where I live it's very common to have one place for many families to do their laundry and it would be very convenient to get a message when it's done.

Instead of as it is now having to walk over there and either have to wait 10-20 min for the machine(s) to be ready or be 10-20 mins late and lose time that could be used drying the laundry.

But I'm not sure I would see as much use if I used the washing machine at home.

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Anonymous Sunday, July 23, 2006 9:13:00 AM