[bcab] Re: Wish list

Hi Chris,

This is probably one of the most interesting wishes I have heard, since
Steve asked the question, except perhaps for the Wi-Fi enabled rabbit, I
like that, and am going to have one <Smile>.

Seriously though, if more things were Internet aware, as you say, it would
be cool.  Not only could we control them over the web, but the devices could
tell the engineers when they are faulting <Smile>.

All the best
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-----Original Message-----
From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Chris Hill
Sent: 28 September 2006 22:55
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [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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