The Internet of Onions

Posted Aug 8, 2016 14:16 UTC (Mon) by hummassa (subscriber, #307)
In reply to: The Internet of Onions by tao
Parent article: The Internet of Onions

> One thing I'd love to have is temperature sensors in my fridges and freezer -- if the temperature starts rising in either

Well, temperature rising in the fridge would indicate (99% of the times) power failure... so, unless your home's internet has a good no-break (or your sensor is of the logging type) this is not very useful.

Anyway, in the last 20 years I had *one* instance of power failure that spoiled the food in the fridge, and the excess water on the frozen goods was a dead giveaway...

The Internet of Onions

Posted Aug 8, 2016 16:58 UTC (Mon) by johannbg (guest, #65743) [Link]

Alot of IoT concepts are stupid for end users but practical for corporates like for example detecting if the trash can is full [1].

Stupid for end users ( next time you would put trash in the can you would literally notice it was full and you would have to empty the trash can ) but apply the same idea on a larger scale it becomes very practical/profitable for corporates
etc.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asjrEdECnhU