57. Dual-Pronged Meme Surfacing: Ambient Intelligence / Smart Home

Squaring the circle with the “infinite” nature of ambient intelligence down to the cosmos-immediate personal environment sys of the “home” anthropogenic biome, permaculture zone zero, if I’m not mistaken…

Forgot to turn off the lights in the rush to get out the door? No problem: Send a text message or voice command and the lights are shut off remotely. The smart home, of course, will have intelligent appliances, connected to the Internet, which can both cook or refrigerate food as directed from a cell phone or personal computer.

The vision of the “smart home” has been around for decades. And an appealing vision it is — a computerized triumph of automation, controlling a house’s lighting and heating, even the kitchen.

My guess is the “smart home” language is the consumer-level version of the same root marketing paradigm…

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[See also: Roman genius loci, shamanism, pagan sense of place]


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  1. #timboucher #tmbchr @omnivateLLC
    Posted January 9, 2009 at 2:56 am | Permalink

    No consumer interest though

    “”Mass-market consumers have almost no interest in using ‘technology’ for home ‘automation’ or ‘control,’” said a market study sponsored a smart-home research group, supported by companies including Whirlpool, Cisco Systems, Direct Energy, Hewlett-Packard Relevant Products/Services, Microsoft Relevant Products/Services, Procter & Gamble and Zensys.

    That conclusion suggests that smart-home devices are not about to flood the marketplace. Whirlpool, the appliance maker, had long done smart-home research and pilot projects. But Carol Priefert, a senior manager in the technology group, said: “Whirlpool is a mass company. I don’t bring products out until there is a mass market.” “

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