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Technology is getting so cheap that eventually we'll have everything connected and wonder why it wasn't always that way. First, I'd like my sprinkler system connected so I can see and adjust the schedule, check current soil moisture levels, etc. Better yet, let the system adjust itself based on current conditions, forecasts, etc. I would use this mainly for my vegetable garden, not so much fo Second, I'd like my refrigerator to track and record historical internal temperature. The fridge should be below 40 degrees at all times for food safety, and I have a thermometer inside that is 40 or below whenever I look at it, but recently I went home during the day when it was 96 degrees outside, and I saw that the temperature in the fridge was almost 50. It cooled back down in the evening, so if I hadn't gone home to check I would never have known. Cars are getting more connected (particularly GM cars with OnStar). File this under "obvious" but new GM cars will have an 8 device LTE hotspot built in that is on whenever the car is. My brother has an Escalade and he has an app that can tell him stats about the car like tire pressure, etc. It would be nice if every car had this feature. It would be nice to have more data about water usage inside the house, so I'd like a sensor on every water fixture. It wouldn't be too difficult in theory to add a meter at every water supply line and have that connect to WiFi or Bluetooth to report hot and cold water usage. It would be interesting to know that the dishwasher used 15% of the water, while the showers use 36%. I'm not sure it would be super useful, but definitely cool to see. |
You should check out Lono[0].
0 - https://lono.io/