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A box of washing machine soap will become part of a service as Internet-enabled washing machines are managed by Web-based services that can configure and activate your washing machine.

— Vint Cerf

Sometimes goofy, but nevertheless, interesting insights from the father of the internet. It’s easy to see his unbound enthusiasm in all this, and his child-like wonder. He reminds me of Dr Emmett Brown in some way.¹

And I hope I’ll still have the choice to decide if I want my washing machine to run automatically for me. I may not want a pool full of soap bubbles when I get home. Unless of course, it would also prompt me to rush home. :). God, I love the future.

1. Take for instance the opening scene of Back to the Future in which, one of the robots opens a can of dog food, and drops it in Einstein’s already overflowing bowl—full of untouched food. =). This washing machine thing sounds just like that. [←]

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