English man spends 11 hours trying to make cup of tea with Wi-Fi kettle

[d_r]

The problem is he’s controlling it with a raspberry pi. He needs a computer with a faster processor.

[redesigned]

the kettle still has buttons for manual control so i’m not sure why he had to resort to the saucepan.

this reminds me of when i was a kid and instead of cleaning my room i spent all day trying to build a robot to clean my room, and we didn’t have the electronics kits to even do that back then so it was mainly fantasy in my mind, a plastic bucket with a broom and a fire log pincher claw arms, etc. it was never going to clean my room. needless to say my parents weren’t thrilled, but in my kid mind it was a totally legit effort that if succeed would have solved the bigger problem. i blame the jetsons.

[nimelennar]

but in my kid mind it was a totally legit effort that if succeed would have solved the bigger problem. i blame the jetsons.

You should never be ashamed for dreaming of a Rosier future.

[renke]

Calvin, that you?

The whole C&H story was a week long and starts here

[SteampunkBanana]

We should merge these stories:

In which an English technologist livetweets 11 hours of trying to make tea with a "smart" kettle

Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2016/10/12/in-which-an-english-technologi.html …

[Gutierrez]

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[LearnedCoward]

In which an English technologist livetweets 11 hours of trying to make tea with a "smart" kettle

Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2016/10/12/in-which-an-english-technologi.html …

[nemomen]

A wi-fi kettle is a solution looking for a problem. You still have to fill the thing, and be in physical proximity to pour the water into a teapot/cup.

[emo_pinata]

A 100 pound problem at that.

[Modusoperandi]

Sure, it’s got issues, but after the bugs are all worked out it will be fractionally more convenient in limited cases than the non-wifi one.

[jerwin]

(It’s not just wi-fi kettles)

[Slida23]

This is one of those things that a small percentage of people will understand perfectly, and the rest will be incredulous. The incredulous people are probably right. I have totally done stuff like this though.

[Sqyntz]

i’m not the first to say this, but “Internet of Shit” is more apropos.

[Cunk]

Douglas Adams: 20th Century Prophet

[d_r]

Just look at it:

[anon26304152]

is there more where that came from?

[popobawa4u]

I love the animation of the original radio play. When I was in seventh grade, I was reading this part in study hall and succumbed to uncontrollable laughter for about half and hour. I was kicked put of the room and could hardly even talk to explain to the teachers or staff what was so funny. My sides ached all day.

[Gutierrez]

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[Stove]

I feel like most of this problem could be fixed with a Teasmade.