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Domestic Techno-Goddessery

posted by [personal profile] bugshaw at 04:06pm on 02/05/2011
What would be handy is something like the magnetic whiteboard in the kitchen, but Internet-enabled - so you can check when the bins go, and add items to an online grocery order as you think of them. And display recipes, and, and...
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posted by [identity profile] murphys-lawyer.livejournal.com at 03:34pm on 02/05/2011
A wireless tablet, tied into something like Remember the Milk?
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posted by [identity profile] anef.livejournal.com at 04:12pm on 02/05/2011
This is what fridge magnets are for!
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posted by [identity profile] saare-snowqueen.livejournal.com at 07:29pm on 02/05/2011
I think that's a wonderful idea. You could invent it, make a mint and make me a happy homemaker..........
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posted by [identity profile] whollyrandom.livejournal.com at 10:51am on 03/05/2011
There are various projects using cheap tablet PCs (or touch-screens linked to a hidden PC) which do related things and can also play films. The main issue would be that the software would be much more hacked-together than I think you want - you'd have a webpage for you Tescos order but you'd need to create the order yourself, there would be no neat streamlining, then you'd need to fire up a different program for your reminders (and a different one again for movies).

Hmm, interesting. I could see this being very useful. Although the suggestion above about a magnetic iPad case doesn't seem a bad one since there are already a few online shopping apps for the iPad (at least Tescos and Waitrose, I think) plus some very decent calendars ...
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posted by [identity profile] sunflowerinrain.livejournal.com at 07:52pm on 03/05/2011
Many years ago some BT and related techies came up with something like this, using a screen built into the microwave door. Dunno how far they got with the demo/prototype. Good idea which was too far ahead of its time, but it should be even easier to do now.
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