Suppose a genie showed up and offer to take one thing in your home and automate it. What would you choose?<p>Examples:<p>1) Dishwasher automatically starts once its full.
2) Lights turn on and off when you enter or leave a room.
3) Carpets are vacuumed by a tiny little robot without you having to lift a finger.
Laundry.<p>Even with modern technology, the process is ridiculous. Collect the clothes in a hamper, carry clothes over to washer/dryer (sometimes this means walking down the street to a laundromat if you live in a large city), select all the right settings so you don't ruin your clothes, add detergent/fabric softener/bleach/etc, start first load, wait 30-45 minutes, move everything into a dryer, clean the vent, select the right cycle, wait another 30-45 minutes, put clothes back into a hamper, and repeat. Finally once it's all done, carry the clothes back to the closet and fold/hang everything.
I would like shower temperature just right. As I enter the shower temperature of my skin should be measured and the water temperature adjusted so it causes me minimum discomfort. Also the water should be additionally electrically heated in the faucet so that even first drops of it that fall on me should already have designated temperature.
So many of these suggestions are mechanical chore-doers. If I could automate my home to inspire me, that would be something. To wake me up intelligently, get me pumped up to work out, inspire me with art and music at other times... you get the idea.
Lockin and unlocking. I should have a ring on my hand with rfid chip and the reader should be on the doors near the handle so the dors would unlock as I grab the handle and lock as I release the handle after closing them.
I'll throw one in the ring for a few giggles: Emergency Party Mode! <a href="http://youtu.be/6x1GkgbVP1I?t=3m15s" rel="nofollow">http://youtu.be/6x1GkgbVP1I?t=3m15s</a>
One thing I've been dreaming about for years is a stacked washer/dryer where the washer is on top. Once the washer is done, the bottom opens up and it transfers into the dryer and then the dryer starts automatically.<p>It is probably impractical for many reasons, but I'd be the first in line to buy it if it existed.
Doors. I would have doors open themselves, either because my phone is near the deer and my keys are nearby, or an implanted RFID chip. Or anything. Just a way for doors to open quickly and silently, to just the right amount. Not too much, not to little (it would depend on the situation).
Buying things for the home. I'd like to see an interconnected network of pneumatic tubes like banks have at the drive-thru. Connect every home and business with these tubes and integrate it with internet purchasing.
Heat/hot tub turn on automatically before I come home. When away from more than 1 day, I turn heat down for my home/hot tub significantly. Would be great if it all turned on a couple hours before I got home.
Dishwasher should be integrated with dish cabinets. You put dirty dishes in the bottom part and after they are washed they should be autoatically transfered to the top part where you can get clean ones from.