[bcab] Re: Wish list

Hi,

I would like to see every electrical item you bought for your home come as standard with something like a USB port into which you could plug something like a wireless adaptor. Then, your washing machine, TV, central heating clock, microwave and DAB radio could all be linked on a wireless network, could all be controlled from a central point, your PC or a remote control thingy, using whatever access technology suited you best.

We wouldn't have to wait for the occasional talking product to appear on the market, we could choose whatever product we wanted and the accessibility of everything in our home would be handled at a central point.

It often strikes me as crazy that I find it much easier to configure a wireless router than it is to change a setting on my washing machine. The router comes with a web interface, so why can't the washing machine? ... and why can't the menus on my cable TV box simply appear on my PC instead?

Chris 


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