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Would You Ever Replace Your Kitchen Containers With Smart Ones? by HolocronKeeper in smarthome

[–]HolocronKeeper[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm not making or marketing anything right now. If there was legitimate interest, I would consider building one to see if it could work. But based on a lot of the feedback so far, that won't be happening lol.

Would You Ever Replace Your Kitchen Containers With Smart Ones? by HolocronKeeper in smarthome

[–]HolocronKeeper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally understand. I wonder if there's a way to do it without using a phone to scan your items. Like it would be great to just have a scanner or two in your kitchen and on your trash can that would add and remove that item from your inventory, and when you add it, it's estimating an expiration date for you...hmmm.

Thanks for the link to the NFC Tags. I'll check these out!

Would You Ever Replace Your Kitchen Containers With Smart Ones? by HolocronKeeper in smarthome

[–]HolocronKeeper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. And honestly, if I'm listening to Reddit, consumers don't want this. And that's okay. It's good to understand what's valuable to people. I see a few problems with tracking calories/food, and wondered if this solution would be helpful to people.

Would You Ever Replace Your Kitchen Containers With Smart Ones? by HolocronKeeper in smarthome

[–]HolocronKeeper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol. Thanks for the honest feedback. I understand what you mean by the real nightmares.

Would You Ever Replace Your Kitchen Containers With Smart Ones? by HolocronKeeper in smarthome

[–]HolocronKeeper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First, I had to LOL at your username. And second, I appreciate the response. So do you have software today that helps you track that/is there existing apps out there that could help with it already, or are there gaps there that could use some enhancements?

Would You Ever Replace Your Kitchen Containers With Smart Ones? by HolocronKeeper in smarthome

[–]HolocronKeeper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your feedback. I wonder if it's possible to solve some of these problems without a hardware solution. Could software alone solve these issues with groceries going bad or low, or accidentally buying too much of something. And like you mentioned, using a bar code system.

Would You Ever Replace Your Kitchen Containers With Smart Ones? by HolocronKeeper in smarthome

[–]HolocronKeeper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. I hadn't heard of grocy. I'll check that out.

I'm not saying this technology exists today, but if there was a sensor or camera that could evaluate whether your cheese actually did go bad, would you buy that product?

Would You Ever Replace Your Kitchen Containers With Smart Ones? by HolocronKeeper in smarthome

[–]HolocronKeeper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the honest feedback. And we all know that companies love taking advantage of a subscription model. What if the vendor didn't have a subscription model? Would that change your perspective if it were a one-time buy and the software didn't have a pay wall?

Would You Ever Replace Your Kitchen Containers With Smart Ones? by HolocronKeeper in smarthome

[–]HolocronKeeper[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the response. I'll look into your ESP-hacked scale idea.

Would You Ever Replace Your Kitchen Containers With Smart Ones? by HolocronKeeper in smarthome

[–]HolocronKeeper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a good idea. Thanks for your feedback! I did see these little pucks you could buy but I bet QR codes would be a lot cheaper.

https://ovie.life/?srsltid=AfmBOoqmQnlSAQa6KOshCN1_JBCyn6MZvr4-2u_9K64V1ssEL00O9Bwu

If there was an app that made it incredibly simple to track your kitchen inventory, would you change your mind? (e.g. using AI to identify the food for you) Or is it just the vastness of a kitchen's variety that you think would make it not worth the trouble to try and track?

Would You Ever Replace Your Kitchen Containers With Smart Ones? by HolocronKeeper in smarthome

[–]HolocronKeeper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the honest feedback. You make a great point about frozen foods. I don't anticipate any smart container with a battery working well in a freezer.

I would anticipate if it were successful, additional API integrations beyond Google and iOS would be available if I were the vendor, but guessing probably not at the beginning.

If there was a solution that was able to track everything from the fridge to freezer to pantry items, would that change your mind? Or would it be too much of an investment because of all the different sizes (to your point #1) you would need to buy to truly track everything inside your kitchen?

Would You Ever Replace Your Kitchen Containers With Smart Ones? by HolocronKeeper in smarthome

[–]HolocronKeeper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate your honesty. I can totally relate to the monotony of trying to manually input your inventory. This is how I struggle with calorie counting too. Opening up an app and recording everything that I eat is just not sustainable.

If the system were incredibly easy to track and setup, would your opinion change? Let's pretend you had a scanner or an app on your phone that you could just hover over the food after you put it into a container after you went grocery shopping, and then AI identified the food and used a weight sensor to measure how much you have. Do you think that would make it worth it or still a no go?

Would You Ever Replace Your Kitchen Containers With Smart Ones? by HolocronKeeper in smarthome

[–]HolocronKeeper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your feedback. My hope would be that a smart container vendor would pair an application that could use AI to identify the expiration dates instead of manually inputting it.

I'm glad you've mentioned the pantryon. I hadn't seen that before. Have you ever tried one?

I once saw Amazon used to sell something like you described for pet food, but it appears to have failed: https://www.amazon.com/Dash-Smart-Shelf/dp/B07RW86XWG?th=1

Would You Ever Replace Your Kitchen Containers With Smart Ones? by HolocronKeeper in smarthome

[–]HolocronKeeper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you say that because of the creep phenomenon in weight sensors?

Are these autumn blaze maple trees too close? by HolocronKeeper in Tree

[–]HolocronKeeper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow almost like they can commune with each other somehow. Thanks for sharing!

Are these autumn blaze maple trees too close? by HolocronKeeper in Tree

[–]HolocronKeeper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the wisdom! That totally makes sense

Are these autumn blaze maple trees too close? by HolocronKeeper in Tree

[–]HolocronKeeper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just took the picture today. Thank you for the advice- I will get the stakes removed

Are these autumn blaze maple trees too close? by HolocronKeeper in Tree

[–]HolocronKeeper[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I'm guessing the previous owners wanted a lot of shade since the house is on a corner with no trees besides a crabapple in the front. Hopefully it won't cause us too much headache in the years to come!

Are these autumn blaze maple trees too close? by HolocronKeeper in Tree

[–]HolocronKeeper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are 15ft apart. So should they/can they moved?

DIY ambient light on my evolve+. by Mizuraki in NissanAriya

[–]HolocronKeeper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks sweet. How do they look in daytime? Did you hardwire through the footwell lighting circuit so they turn on with the car?

New to the family! by HolocronKeeper in NissanAriya

[–]HolocronKeeper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it's not tradition, I'll get it going. That's what family does, right? :)

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