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Alexa will make a shopping list.

Another reason I love her. I can look in the frig and say. "Alexa, add milk to shopping list."
When I get to the store, I open the Alexa app on my phone and go to shopping list. It is listed for me as I dictated. As I check the items off the list, I touch them and a line strikes out. Once I am finished shopping I tap complete and the items disappear that have not been purchased.

Alexa can also connect to Amazon and schedule shipping for regular items. Or you can ask her for say "Bubble bandit" and she will give you the listing and the cost. She will then ask "Do you want me to place your order?" Say yes, and it's on it's way.

With other modules added, you can say, "Goodnight, Alexa. At that time she will lock the door, set your alarm system. Turn on the porch light, turn off the living room light, and turn the furnace down. Or what ever else you programmed.

If you don't have any othr modules plugged in, she will just say "Night, night, have a good rest."
 
I have to say that the voice recognition for the Bluetooth system in my car is incredibly useful. It's great to be able to make and receive phone calls and texts without taking your eyes off the road.

I would be more inclined to give something like Alexa a go if I didn't know that everything I say to it is being transmitted back to Big Social Media's central database, so they can build a dossier on me. I'm waiting for the day that someone uses it to order beer for a party, and then some AI somewhere decides that that person is drinking too much based on the amount of alcohol ordered, and the next thing they know, police are at the door with papers to have them committed to rehab. No thanks. I don't need a spy or a snitch in my house.
 
I am also a bit skittish with regards to the Big Brother of Social media watching your every move, and they probably are making an profile of oneself. It is like with the short term insurers these days, they install a device to your car and it is constantly monitoring how you drive, fast slow, etc, and with that they profile you into a specific category. I just don't like that they have that amount of surveillance on you. The shop are also doing it with their loyalty programes, then they give that information back to your medical aid and state how much alcohol and sweets you buy.

We are so screwed!!
 
if it is intended to help a person with disabilities, then I am all for it.....at that point, there is a need!

I don't need my smart phone, which isn't exactly smart, to notify me that my toast is done....

but actually, how many of you guys have thought of an invention that is truely needed?

my idea.....an actual shoe cleaner, not a scraping brush, but something that will wash, scrub and rinse the bottom of my shoe for when some idiot doesn't clean up after their dog, and I happen to walk along and step in it...

does something like this exist?
 
Big Brother

Yeah. I'm pretty uncomfortable with most of this stuff.
My "smart" phone is about the only "techy" thing that I own.

Barry
 
WE don't even have smart phones.....yet...as I am sure ATT will eventually require us to purchase them when the network no longer supports our dumb phones.  I used to be a techy too....don't care anymore.  Most of the kids I work with are half my age and they get tickled at "Old Greg" sticking with his old  phone.  I've been considering a Jitterbug haha. 

I love the Progressive commercial where the teenager comes in and asks the fridge what the weather is, tells the trash can to turn on the TV, has the ice maker find a dog sitter, and has a drone deliver pizza.  But all these gadgets are causing people to lose their social skills.  Kids don't know how to carry on a conversation anymore.  People go out on a date and text the person right across from them at the table.  I am the "old nurse" on the unit at night and frequently have new orientees to train.  One of the most frequently asked questions I get on the first night is "Are we allowed to have our phones out?"

 

What's coming out next, a smart toilet?  You have to use the app on your phone to tell it what temperature the bidet function needs to be, how long the water should spray, the temp of the drying air and how long it blows, how much water should be used to flush with depending on "load size" and if it should pre-warm the seat at 7am before you get out of bed at 7:10 and sit your butt on it.  Hmmmm, I think I just had a million dollar idea!
 
"What's coming out next, a smart toilet? You have to use the app on your phone to tell it what temperature the bidet function needs to be, how long the water should spray, the temp of the drying air and how long it blows, how much water should be used to flush with depending on "load size" and if it should pre-warm the seat at 7am before you get out of bed at 7:10 and sit your butt on it. Hmmmm, I think I just had a million dollar idea!"

Sorry, your idea isn't original (sort of) because smart toilet seats with built in bidets already exist and yes, Alexa can warm it for you from "gently warm" to "toasted donut" and several wash cycles including Eco-nazi High efficiency, normal, OMG that was a mess, douche 1 (i'm just an ordinary bottom) Douche 2 (I'm a bottom, I've found Mr. Right and I want to keep him), douche 3 (I want water coming out of my ears just like a fountain statue), and soon somebody will create the "Karcher cycle" with a pressure washer and a steam cleaner, for the tough messes or if you're a germophobe.

Maybe it's not on the market yet with all the features because EPA insists on using only cold water to protect the environment.
On the other hand, if yo'ure not fully awake, using cold water is a great way to make sure you're fully awake and "energized" early in the morning.

Oh, and don't forget the exclusive Johnson's powder option after the drying cycle. The ovarian cancer is also included on the perks. Best of all. completely touchless!

Alexa can also monitor the amount of TP you use (if you feel you need to use TP even having the Karcher pressure washer cycle) and can order more automatically.
 

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