RE: UKNM: Internet appliances in the home (was Ranty philosophy)

[Martin Lloyd]

One box, sits under the stairs like a gas meter, probably says Cisco on the

side. (Co-branded with your telco) Handles all your home connections, next

to your power points are ethernet points, or if you bought in the second

phase of these boxes there's a 'powered by bluetooth' logo on it and another

slave box upstairs, cutting down on the need for wires. It also features its

own firewall and maybe has a bolt on net nanny feature.


This box talks to your PS2 / Xbox / Stereo (download music to the stereo

directly...), it provides the connectivity for your PC / Workstation /

Interface to online ASP / It talks to any domestic appliances that have

online updates. (Miele washing machines are updated by service engineers

with laptops to take advantage of new powders / fabric types) It handles

your phone conversations and pipes video on demand to your home. It may talk

to your fridge, but thats the one part of the picture I can never quite see

(I'm sure other people can)


Meanwhile your car is online and has a voice browser

http://www.bunnyfoot.com/news/pr_20001128.html making the morning commute

even more dangerous. As for what your phone turned into while you weren't

looking...


Cisco recently signed contracts to build wired neighbourhoods in California.


The revolution has barely begun.


Regards


Martin Lloyd


Strategist

Domino

The Digital Agency

www.domino.com

martindomino [dot] com

t. +44 (0) 1865 821 821

f. +44 (0) 1865 821 881



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