Smartkitchen

>Allen-Bradley Micrologix PLC
I installed and programmed two of these (a couple models up - ones that also have analog I/O and a high speed timer). You'd need the programming software for these. I'm not sure if A-B makes a handheld programmer for this series.

>people tame horses
>hurr stop being lazy
>people create the steam engine
>hurr stop being lazy
>people create cars
>hurr stop being lazy
>planes
>hurr lazy fuck just hurrr

All those things you listed have major tangible benefits that justify the work involved. It's a beneficial trade-off.

What exactly is the trade-off benefit from automating your kitchen? I'm a gadget geek myself, but what is there to possibly gain from this? You probably spend 10x the time trying to get things working correctly than you save once they actually are working.

I like tinkering. I don't like forgetting to feed myself or make my morning tea.

Do you really need some beeping baby robot sending smoke signals to your smart phone to remember to make yourself a morning tea? Do you just stare outside the window while slowly dying of thirst, otherwise?

And how do you forget to feed yourself? You have a smartbody for that. It is called "getting hungry".

Enjoy your botnet

I have a coffee machine, bread maker and slow cooker with auto-on timers. Beyond that I don't really see the need for automating anything else, given the current level of technology available.

>I like tinkering
Same here. But that's a hobby. Entertainment. It's not necessarily practical.

>>I don't like forgetting to feed myself
How is that even possible? Surely you have a basic routine like wake up, eat, shower, shave, brush teeth, go to work/school/etc? (or something similar, not necessarily in that order) And even if you didn't, wouldn't a simple alarm be a sufficient reminder?

>>or make my morning tea.
So you've figured out a way to completely automate that process? Given how easy tea is to make I can't see how you could practically improve upon it with automation.

I'm all in favor of tinkering. But let's not pretend that it's about practicality when it's really about a fun hobby.

Dunno if you're just memeing, but a lot of these IoT appliances really are horribly insecure.

>mfw somebody hacks into your toaster and burns your house down

That kettle is known for leaking wifi passwords in cleartext when it's switched on

>using ints to store time
Nice!

>Do you really need some beeping baby robot sending smoke signals to your smart phone to remember to make yourself a morning tea?
Yes. I haven't had tea in a few days because of this.

>Do you just stare outside the window while slowly dying of thirst, otherwise?
Kind of, yeah. It's been a couple of times already this week that I've had a pounding headache because I haven't been remembering to hydrate.

>And how do you forget to feed yourself? You have a smartbody for that. It is called "getting hungry".
I get too busy to notice I'm hungry and I forget to eat.

cool clock, ahmed

That's pretty cool, user. Did you have it integrated into a broader system, or was it just a programmable toaster (which is still pretty cool)?

automatic tea maker coming through.

youtube.com/watch?v=KVmNboY14aU

Where exactly on the spectrum are you user?

No official diagnosis, but in social conversations I've had mental health professionals suggest some degree of both Asperger's and ADHD.

I have stage 4 autism it's the worst kind of autism you can get

This seems like more work than microwaving a cup of water with a teabag or using a tea k cup.

it takes toast times over USB to the arduino and i have it connected to my server so i can netcat start toasts
i was going to build an """app""" but then i realised i wouldn't use it anyways

>Not connecting it to Alexa
>Not programming it to learn exactly how you like your toast cooked based on a large number of factors
>Not making it obsessed with making toast
It's like you don't want to have a comfy time

What if she refuses to make your toast, because you keep jacking it to Cortana and Siri R34, while she has to watch?

I absolutely refuse to have a "smart" home that's controlled from outside the home. I don't trust the almighty Jew enough to not burn my home down.

Also, I know myself exactly how I want my toast toasted. 75 seconds for white bread, 95 for that slightly more dense whole grain bread I like to buy.

I don't trust Amazon to run my house, and I don't trust the internet to not fuck with my house.

>Cortana and Siri R34
Is this a thing?

buy a teasmade

build a fancy teasmade with a built in toaster or something

duct-tape a rice cooker to the side

Itt: /g/ gets lost on the way to /tpg/

What is that thing?

Holy fuck. You don't need any internet in your kitchen except for a recepy diaplay.