Tankus Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 ananovaGerman company invents talking washing machine A German company has built the world's first washing machine that talks and recognises spoken commands.The machine introduces itself to users as "Hermine".Speech recognition software allows it to understand even complex commands like: "Pre-wash, then a hot wash at 95 degrees, spin at 1400 rotations, and start in half an hour."Speaking in a friendly woman's voice, Hermine also gives advice on which washing agent to use or how to get chewing gum or wax stains out.To those who have never done their own laundry before, she explains how to sort clothes and how to load the machine.And ............ Robot vacuum cleaner goes on sale in UK The world's first robotic vacuum cleaner has gone on sale in the UK with a price tag of around £1,000.Makers Electrolux say the Trilobite navigates its own way around rooms and has no problem getting to those hard-to-reach spots underneath tables and beds.It uses sound waves - similar to the navigation signals bats rely on - to detect obstacles in its path, such as the dog's water bowl or the legs of a chair, then calculates a new route.When activated, the battery-powered cleaner heads to the nearest wall and vacuums along the perimeter of the room - creating a picture in its memory which it uses to do the rest.ananovaTempted to add a smart comment about redundancies here ...but I wont ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 Looks like a large red potty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir T Fireball Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 German company invents talking washing machine A German company has built the world's first washing machine that talks and recognises spoken commands.The machine introduces itself to users as "Hermine".Speech recognition software allows it to understand even complex commands like: "Pre-wash, then a hot wash at 95 degrees, spin at 1400 rotations, and start in half an hour."Speaking in a friendly woman's voice, Hermine also gives advice on which washing agent to use or how to get chewing gum or wax stains out.To those who have never done their own laundry before, she explains how to sort clothes and how to load the machine.Pah! that's nothing. Mine answers to the name Carol, does all the above (has a little trouble understanding certain spoken commands), plus; Irons, cooks, makes the beds, mows the lawn, goes at it like a rabbit, does the shopping and nags the kids.Wunderbar! :P laughing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 German company invents talking washing machine A German company has built the world's first washing machine that talks and recognises spoken commands.The machine introduces itself to users as "Hermine".Speech recognition software allows it to understand even complex commands like: "Pre-wash, then a hot wash at 95 degrees, spin at 1400 rotations, and start in half an hour."Speaking in a friendly woman's voice, Hermine also gives advice on which washing agent to use or how to get chewing gum or wax stains out.To those who have never done their own laundry before, she explains how to sort clothes and how to load the machine.Pah! that's nothing. Mine answers to the name Carol, does all the above (has a little trouble understanding certain spoken commands), plus; Irons, cooks, makes the beds, mows the lawn, goes at it like a rabbit, does the shopping and nags the kids.Wunderbar! :P laughing CHAUVINIST!!!!! :ph34r: <_> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LB Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 Pah! that's nothing. Mine answers to the name Carol, does all the above (has a little trouble understanding certain spoken commands), plus; Irons, cooks, makes the beds, mows the lawn, goes at it like a rabbit, does the shopping and nags the kids.Wunderbar! :P laughingthat is outrageous Sir T....fancy installing your home utility device with a name.....surely the generic name of WENCH is good enough.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 fancy installing your home utility device with a name.....surely the generic name of WENCH is good enough....Consider yourself slapped for that one - Could have been worse - you could have added 'blonde'! B) :rolleyes: 'Mind you, since we blondes have Damo on our side, the 'jokes' have stopped :ph34r: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LB Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 i dont think its damo that stopped the blonde jokes, do you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 i dont think its damo that stopped the blonde jokes, do you?There's no answer to that! :lol: :ph34r: (well not here anyway) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LB Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 mm, perhaps not!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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