Friday, October 14, 2005
An SMS Enabled Kettle: The Mind Boggles
Posted by Jonathon Watkins in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 12:00 AM
"UK based PG Tips and cellular provider Orange team up to offer the World’s first SMS enabled kettle (The ReadyWhenUR), that allows you to control the brewing of tea based on your SMS messages sent to the kettle, from anywhere, anytime. The line between sci-fi and reality is dimming for sure. . . The ReadyWhenUR, comes with a radio reciever that is programmed with your mobile number and connected to Orange’s mobile network, along with some fancy electronics and a set of mechanical levers."
In the immortal words of Monty Python, this kettle is 'Very silly indeed'. The Daily Record reports that an incoming text message will trigger a tiny set of mechanical levers to switch the kettle on (though you have to fill the kettle beforehand and make the tea yourself afterwards). Apparently it was all inspired by Wallace and Gromit. Indeed. The kettle should go on sale in January and cost £100. I rather get the feeling that this is more a publicity stunt for certain plasticine figures, network operators and purveyors of teabags, but who's complaining? You know you want one of these, don't you? Grand. :wink:
In the immortal words of Monty Python, this kettle is 'Very silly indeed'. The Daily Record reports that an incoming text message will trigger a tiny set of mechanical levers to switch the kettle on (though you have to fill the kettle beforehand and make the tea yourself afterwards). Apparently it was all inspired by Wallace and Gromit. Indeed. The kettle should go on sale in January and cost £100. I rather get the feeling that this is more a publicity stunt for certain plasticine figures, network operators and purveyors of teabags, but who's complaining? You know you want one of these, don't you? Grand. :wink:
