I would actually like to have a washing machine that reminded me to unload it.
The world’s largest appliance company on Tuesday begins testing “smart” washing machines and dryers at three homes in metropolitan Atlanta.
The pilot project, called “Laundry Time,” is designed to making doing laundry easier by sending alerts to consumers via televisions, computers and cell phones.
In a recent demonstration of the project at a Whirlpool studio in Atlanta, messages from a specially equipped front-loading washer popped up in real time on a television screen in a different room.
Consumers can also get instant messages from computers or cell phones telling them, for instance, that a wash cycle is completed or that a dryer has not been turned on.
As long as it doesn’t give me a hard time for using cheap detergeant…
I don’t know if I’d want a washing machine that would talk to me, but it would be cool if it gave me a phone call when the cycle was finished (I live in an apartment building with a common laundry room.)
Oh, but can they KILL KILL KILL KILL! Whoops… O.O
What’s the big deal, doesn’t your domestic staff handle the laundry? Sorry, I had a Paris Hilton moment. 🙂
Like I don’t get enough shit from my wife – I got to get it from the washer?
We all NEED this!
To heck with this. When they make a laundry robot that washes, dries, irons and folds the laundry (ala The Jetsons) I’ll call it innovative. Meanwhile it’s just another standard appliance with expensive overhead. Two knobs and a bleach dispenser is good enough for anybody.