Perhaps we are getting off track on the original question about disability, but I think we will see aware sites well before we see aware refrigerators. It may be easy for the fridge to know that the milk is running low (RFID and weight sensor would take care of that), that I always use milk (a simple analysis of my history could mine this insight), and that it should be re-ordered as soon as it gets down to 1 quart left (time series analysis of when I self-ordered).
But I suspect it will take a lot longer for the fridge to smell the oranges I buy to know how I like them. Or to predict what I want to cook for my hot date this weekend. And if I have to go to the store to buy the oranges, as well as the 50% of my groceries that are not regular purchases, what good does it do me for my milk, rice, and coffee purchases to be automated? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36539 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
