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DEL.ICIO.USLaundry Time
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
So what happens when a washer and dryer hook up on the Internet?
Yes, it’s back. Laundry Time, the oft-ridiculed study to see if hooking up a washer and dryer to a home network will save homeowners time, has revealed initial results that found, perhaps not surprisingly, users find great benefit in the technology.
Folks who tested the technology, including a Roswell family, said they liked having messages about the status of their dirty laundry pop up on their TV screens, but didn’t much care for getting the information on their cellphones.
Oh, and they liked being able to turn on a fluff cycle without having to get off the couch.
The Internet Home Alliance is behind the research. The group, which includes such companies as Whirlpool, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Panasonic and Procter & Gamble.
All kidding aside, home automation is going to be an increasingly big deal in the technology space. What kinds of household tasks would you like technology to take care of for you?
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