[thatjoshguy]

> What are we looking forward to a decade from now? iBank? FB insurence? G+ real state?

GE sells refrigerators, MRI machines, insurance & financing and owns a television network.

We've actually already been there.

[khuey]

The difference here is that GE's business model doesn't involve keeping tabs on what you have in your refrigerator and your MRI scan results.

[antidoh]

"They will." (tm)

Why wouldn't they do that? What's in your refrigerator and how long it's been there has been discussed almost as often as flying cars, within an order of magnitude.

Once checkout of items is commonly done with NFC or RFID or similar, then it's a mere matter of engineering for GE to accomplish exactly that, all taking place on the internet of things.