Haven't you been paying attention? We got our flying car. It's just prohibitively expensive and kind of sucks.

My hobby is the 1893 Chicago world's fair, the World's Columbian Exposition, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies.

/really

Why on Earth would we WANT flying cars? You know how badly people drive in 2D. Why do you want to add a third dimension to that?

Makh: The home of the future will have every appliance hooked up directly to Fark. Every action you do in your home, will have some witty Fark comment and possibly a whole discussion thread associated with it.

The fridge has an intelligent sense of the food inside and will send pictures to thisiswhyyouarefat.com, 9gag and (hopefully never) rotten.com. In the BIOS, there is also a setting for ordering new food when the fridge notices low inventory.

One of the newest innovations is the home medical testing unit. It can take your temperature, blood pressure, blood glucose levels and money while still denying you coverage from the comfort of your own home. You can even browse all the life saving medical techniques you aren't covered for and place them on an Amazon wish list.

So it's pretty much like I have now.

World's Fair still around or they don't do them any more?

cman: Ya think with all this technology whatsits and doodas, we would be able to defeat and conquer the greatest threat of today: bedbugs

I think you mean bears. Bears are the single greatest threat to Americans.

chemical_angel: cman: Ya think with all this technology whatsits and doodas, we would be able to defeat and conquer the greatest threat of today: bedbugs

I think you mean bears. Bears are the single greatest threat to Americans.

Yikes. I just GISed bedbug bear.

Uchiha_Cycliste: Ok, say I ride me bike through Silicon Valley every day. Often through Palo Alto and Mountain View as well. I tell ya, these idiots can't handle one axis of movement, and you people want to give them THREE! Are you insane?!?

How can someone travel with one axis of movement?

Does it have the optional voice activated furniture?

"I am a couch. I am a couch."

Hey, AT&T, not like it needs it or anything, but how about working on your current shiat?!!

I think I spotted your goddamn flying car. Augering in from four thousand feet.

<Selleck voice>Have you ever...
Turned on your lights while on vacation?
Checked your refrigerator's temperature while at work?
Activated your alarm system from a concert?

You will. And you'll pay us dearly for it.

AT&T</Selleck voice>

KrispyKritter:
/reach out, reach out and touch someone

BAD TOUCH!

Just give me FTTH already or LTE that works 500' from my house

I'm getting ready for the flying car.

I've got 5 Barrett 50s I'm fashioning into a gattling gun. Haven't worked out all the kinks yet, but I'll have it ready soon.

Fark flying cars. Just what I need against my evening sky.

Six pictures of computer screens. Wow!

I always like these houses of the future malarky, they're wonderful concepts. The house knows the owners habits so the heating is 'just right' and the hot water system is always ready when you are around. The fridge checks RFID tags on food, orders replacements from your preferred vendors and it's all delivered. It's all wonderful and useful.

Except in the real world, food doesn't have RFID tags on it for the fridge to check, Honeywell will sue in to oblivion anyone making an 'intelligent' thermostat that isn't Honeywell... and nobody has the same make of fridge/TV/washing machine/etc so you'd have to bodge together a system from diseperate components that really want to speak different languages.

But they're wonderful concepts of if nothing else what we could have if companies would work together and get over their need to figure out every last way to lock someone in to their specific system.

I didn't see anything that didn't already exist. The difference seemed to be adding an iPhone and iPad to the mix.

ZOMG DID ANYONE ELSE SEE A COMPUTER SCREEN WHICH CONTROLS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES???

The future is HERE!!!!!!

You get unlimited lighting, but after so many KWh the lights only come on at 10% brightness.

Vaneshi: I always like these houses of the future malarky, they're wonderful concepts. The house knows the owners habits so the heating is 'just right' and the hot water system is always ready when you are around. The fridge checks RFID tags on food, orders replacements from your preferred vendors and it's all delivered. It's all wonderful and useful.

Except in the real world, food doesn't have RFID tags on it for the fridge to check, Honeywell will sue in to oblivion anyone making an 'intelligent' thermostat that isn't Honeywell... and nobody has the same make of fridge/TV/washing machine/etc so you'd have to bodge together a system from diseperate components that really want to speak different languages.

But they're wonderful concepts of if nothing else what we could have if companies would work together and get over their need to figure out every last way to lock someone in to their specific system.

RFID tags only aren't in widespread use because of tin-foil hat wearing retards.

The intelligent thermostats are already out there. My Venstar thermostat not only is programmable for multiple temperatures for each individual day on its own, but also now that it is linked to my automation server all the programs can be altered based on if I'm home during the week or on travel, if the whole family is gone, etc. Same with my lighting throughout the house.

As far as the Fridge/TV/Washer/etc talking...any system like this would have a central control system that would be programmed to communicate with any of the major brands (just like a universal remote can), even your standard moisture vaporators.

stuhayes2010: Six pictures of computer screens. Wow!

The user interface could use some work. It looks like a PowerPoint presentation made without ever opening the format menu.

i don't like the pre programmed heat/air in a house or car. i like to notice its a bit warmer or cooler then what i need and then change the temp. and i think i save energy because i remember i have the heat/air on and turn it off as soon as i get comfortable. i also am more aware of the weather. like i'll wake up in the morning and think gee it got kinda cold last night and that was the first cold night in a week. i hate when a car is right at the zone to turn on/off the a/c. the a/c comes on for 1 minute on low speed and then turns off for a minute. repeat.

Can their house of tomorrow protect me and my family from the giant ants that rule the earth?



=Smidge=

So this is basically att reselling X10 control units?

and of course the Squirrels: RFID tags only aren't in widespread use because of tin-foil hat wearing retards.
Partly, however it still costs more for an RFID tag than it does printing a ba rcode.

The intelligent thermostats are already out there.
Again too a degree, although they still seem a bit primitive and as I said Honeywell own the patent on a rotary dial used to control temp output of a heating system; which they've been using to beat at least one new arrival around the head a bit.

As far as the Fridge/TV/Washer/etc talking...any system like this would have a central control system that would be programmed to communicate with any of the major brands (just like a universal remote can), even your standard moisture vaporators.

But that's the rub isn't it? Universal remote's (at least all the ones I've encountered) don't cover 100% of the functions the puka unit does and I can see a similar situation appearing with the likes of this. You're still left with a 95% functional bodge because you didn't want to buy everything from one vendor. Smart homes are definitely something that is coming and I see a need for some sort of industry wide standards about interoperability.

beer4breakfast: How can someone travel with one axis of movement?

In a straight line!



Thanks folks, I'm here all week.!

Vaneshi: and of course the Squirrels: RFID tags only aren't in widespread use because of tin-foil hat wearing retards.
Partly, however it still costs more for an RFID tag than it does printing a ba rcode.

The intelligent thermostats are already out there.
Again too a degree, although they still seem a bit primitive and as I said Honeywell own the patent on a rotary dial used to control temp output of a heating system; which they've been using to beat at least one new arrival around the head a bit.

As far as the Fridge/TV/Washer/etc talking...any system like this would have a central control system that would be programmed to communicate with any of the major brands (just like a universal remote can), even your standard moisture vaporators.

But that's the rub isn't it? Universal remote's (at least all the ones I've encountered) don't cover 100% of the functions the puka unit does and I can see a similar situation appearing with the likes of this. You're still left with a 95% functional bodge because you didn't want to buy everything from one vendor. Smart homes are definitely something that is coming and I see a need for some sort of industry wide standards about interoperability.

Yeah, I brought a TV out of storage once. I couldn't find the remote so I stowed it in a family member's crawlspace. Bought a cheap universal remote, turned the TV on. It had Spanish subtitles activated for some reason. The universal remote didn't have the correct 'menu' button. I returned it, bought two other universal remotes. No luck with either of them.
At first ehh, Not so bad, right? Of course I find out they pop up RIGHT where sports scores are, and it is a pain to explain to everyone.
I finally just found the correct OEM remote online and ordered it. But yeah, Unis are 95% of functionality. And that 5% might be really important.

AdolfOliverPanties: I have seen the house of the future:

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The inside is much nicer.

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Eureka?

There's a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of every day.

boobietastles: There's a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of every day.

csb

I went to Disneyworld a few years ago and in "Tomorrowland" they still had "Carousel of Progress". That has been gone from Disneyland for years. So, in essence, I went back in time and saw the past, not the future...

Vaneshi: But that's the rub isn't it? Universal remote's (at least all the ones I've encountered) don't cover 100% of the functions the puka unit does and I can see a similar situation appearing with the likes of this. You're still left with a 95% functional bodge because you didn't want to buy everything from one vendor. Smart homes are definitely something that is coming and I see a need for some sort of industry wide standards about interoperability.

Get a Logitech Harmony remote. It takes your device model number and downloads the remote codes into it. In the case of a 5% moment where the downloaded code doesn't have the button you need, you can put the OEM remote next to the harmony and push the button you want to use. The Harmony will learn the code from the OEM remote.