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This is what chatting with ‘smart homes’ will look like

Pretty soon your toaster will be talking back.

 

Miles Klee

Tech

Posted on May 9, 2014   Updated on May 31, 2021, 8:26 am CDT

You be aware that the advent of “smart” appliances—those nifty Jetsons-like home devices that can understand simple language commands, operate via remote control, and get hacked for various purposes—is upon us. In fact,  LG has announced a new feature that allows you to have text conversations with its home appliance products

Perhaps you haven’t considered the possibilities of this new technology.

But we have. Look at it. Look at our future:

Don’t know about you guys, but I don’t think the future can’t get here fast enough.

H/T BBC | Photo by Tim Grable/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) 

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*First Published: May 9, 2014, 9:00 am CDT