We've all chuckled at the businesses that promised to deliver us a "smart refrigerator," but after discovering that his fridge died during a two-week road-trip, Dan Gillmor's figured out a pretty important business-case for one:
I won't be too graphic about it, but the food — including yogurt and formerly frozen meat — was decomposing in an especially pungent manner. Luckily, I hadn't eaten anything in many hours, if you get my drift.
The circuit is now repaired. The foul smell is more stubborn. (There's also a whole industry devoted to "odor control," I've discovered.)
In any event, the experience has convinced me that that the modern home should be more intelligent, and communicative, than it is today.
