Washing Machines: No Internet required (a rant about IoT)

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That said, if the washing machines that are in my building could send an email or SMS when they've finished or when they're hung up, that would be nice.

Of course, there would be some complexity: they'd have to know the email of the current user, they'd have to have some network connectivity (the building wifi doesn't reach them underground), etc.

Good point. Consumer washing machines certainly don't seem to have much utility to me, but for shared appliances, something like what you suggested might make sense. Maintenance and updates for machines and software could also be handled by a contract with the building (which isn't really desirable for consumer products).

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