Knock, knock!

[ronhic]

Without being at all disrespectful of our North American friends on here, it's simply not about 'what's wrong with pulling a handle'.

This is purely about design and aesthetics for those who so desire it.

I personally think it is a brilliant idea and it seeks to move the game on a little further. As for what not just 'one knock' rather than two? Well you could bump, tap, drop something - one knock. Two knocks is far more often an intention rather than an accident.

I've attached a link to Rose Seidler House in Sydney. This is an outstanding example of mid century bauhouse design, which in many ways, the design by Miele would appear to be an extension of.

If you have a look through the photos you'll see that the picture that Louis has posted of the kitchen (above) and clean lines of the furniture are simply in keeping with Harry's design - from 1948. That kitchen could be incorporated into Rose Seidler house and it would fit perfectly.

Note the entertainment unit in the loungeroom - suspended, rather than on legs. The speaker for the record player/radio that is contained in it is actually incorporated into the wall (not seen).

http://www.google.com/search?q=rose...gCg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1600&bih=811#imgdii=_

 

[ovrphil]

I get it..but then I like contemporary with many other styles, as well. Nothing is uninteresting, if done well. BTW, that house reminded me of the Philip Johnson house, only because in 1949, modernism was alive and well, as these homes exemplified. The kitchen for the Rose Seidler house is colorful - photo attached, and not mine.

 

[spinmon]

The blasting DW is from Tim Allens show I think.(Which I can't remember the name of...)

 

[ronhic]

The dishwasher above

...is a Dishlex.

The stove is a Simpson.

 

[shimh]

For "what's wrong with pulling handle" gang, K2O function can be disabled and a handle can be installed on the door, or if prefer, K2O can be enabled with handle installed at the same time, so one can either pull the handle or knock the door to open the door. This also explains how to open the door when power is lost or something. Just find a way to get hold the door, e.g. by inserting the emergency opening hook included with the DW, and pull the door open.

Reading through the patent, the mic in the DW can distinguish the direction of the sound so that it basically only responds to the knocks from the front (the door panel).

 

[henene4]

Direction detection

It is surprisingly simple to have a mic only react to a certain sound pattern.

In school, we work on a project that is basicly about measuring the overall room climate and see how one can optimize it.
For that, we basicly use a Raspberry Pi to plot the data collected by multiple sensors (light, sound, temp, humidity, CO₂) connected to an Arduino Uno. (Actually, the Pi is connected to a touchscreen, and all is placed inside a - hopefully by tomorow done - 3D-printed housing. At least our contest we attend in is on Friday...)

Anyway we bought a wrong sound sensor. It only had a range of 10cm. So, anytime you clapped a meter away from it, or just on the opposite site of the sensor, the reading was towards 0.

So, I guess, this system should be pretty reliable as it's simple and probably well thought through.