Thursday, February 11, 2010

Mirror, Mirror, on the desk

bunny on a MIR:ROR
Now my computer will get no rest.

Sounds great - just wave your umbrella at the MIR:ROR disc and 'voila' it tells you if you really need it that day. Your kid waves his keys at it as he walks in the door, and you get an email that he's home safe.


{4 min}

But then you get to this part...

'Your friends can send messages to any of your objects'

...'What??'...


So my BFF can IM to my Mr. Coffee: 'Decaf Only!'?
And my SO can text the DVR to tivo 'Jersey Shore'?!


Hm. 'Brave New World', my @ss. I think I'll live without any input from know-it-all appliances that are busy chatting up my pals, thanks. ;-)





More 'sounds like Geek to me' readings:

link: MIR:RORs are made by Violet.net
wikipedia explains RFID/ Radio Freq ID tags
link: Turn RFID readers into toys

link to more Theme Thurs posts: 'Mirror'

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23 comments:

  1. What a fascinating idea. Must see if I can get the kitchen to tidy itself up.

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  2. interesting, yet scary...what is this world coming to? great post.

    happy tt!

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  3. Thanks for the introduction to this thingy I will stay clear of! -jayne

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  4. interesting concept, but i don't think i'll be buying this one. if i want to know if it's going to rain, i'll check the weather report.

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  5. I agree, this is both interesting and a bit arresting, scarily...Happy Theme Thursday!

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  6. Ha...good one. Of course you know that toaster can toast in 30 seconds...they just go slow to piss us off...

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  7. That's a little scary - in the world of "Big Brother".

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  8. I say file this under the "Too Much Information" category.

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  9. is this for real!

    as far as the weather, i'll take the window over the desk mirror any day!

    thanks for dropping by and thus prompting me to come over and check your fascinating corner of cyberspace!

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  10. this looks pretty stupid. But the technology is awesome! Happy TT.

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  11. Hmmmm.... does the term avoidance mean anything in this regard. If I avoid thinking about it, I don't have to consider all the implications this could have...

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  12. More tech I'll never use...like those "speed pass " thingies that Mobile has...doesn't anyone use cash anymore? And thanks for stopping by :)

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  13. That's scary thoughts! Fun, but scary :)

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  14. Oh-oh! My geek-osity just awakened. "Must have mirror!" I need to check this out.

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  15. Things to avoid... :)

    Sometimes, the best mirror I’ve got is my daughter’s eyes.

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  16. While, I am fascinated by technology, I don't think I'd want that. I don't like putting too much trust in technology.

    Thanks for sharing and joining in on Theme Thursday!

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  17. This situation will get out of control, it will get out of control and we will be lucky to live through it. Plus I don't appreciate the way that toaster looks at me. It's up to no good I tells ya.

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  18. Yes, those toasters are up to something, so true!

    lol - thank you all for coming by on Theme Thursday - loved all your stuff!

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  19. My transformation to geek is almost complete. This is fantastic. Love it. Want it.

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