Home appliances get smart.

The authors describe how novel sensors and control algorithms embedded in today's domestic appliances make them smart enough to estimate the size and dirtiness of a load of clothes tossed in a washer or to determine whether water in a pot on the stove is boiling. They argue that, as semiconduct...

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Published in:IEEE spectrum 35, 8 (1998).
Main Author: Badami, V.V
Format: Article
Language:English
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