Re: I have the solution ...
I think I'll just pop the kettle on for myself and spend the five minutes chopping the veggies for supper. Perhaps I could ask the kids to help so that I can chat to them while we do stuff together.
Its why the IoT will fail. It solves no problem. The metro system can't cope with my bank card being next to my rail card. What's the likelihood the fridge can sort out the jumble of food that's stuffed in it? Food in paper bags and food in plastic bags which have been re-used. Unlike Android, setting up stuff to snoop on my home is likely to be way more expensive than simple mechanical devices and far more trouble for me. I may be willing to pay for "cool tech" but I'm not going to pay for tech which makes things harder for me.
There's also a lack of benefit from the cloud for this. I may allow google to rifle through my mail because they are good at storing email and making it available to me. They also take the security headache away. IoT not so much. I already have music on my phone - I don't need locational awareness to follow me around the house playing music, I'll wear headphones. It may be a marketer's dream and Cisco's dream but I've never had a hankering for it. I may have all my music in Amarok, but I like pulling a CD out and putting it into the CD player. I don't want Christmas to mean scrolling down to the "seasonal" genre in the playlists. I want to buy Christmas tree, bring it home and set it up, not have it stored in a built-in cupboard and pop out fully decorated with this years holographic baubles when a cronjob kicks off on 1st December.
There are a few things which make sense, but I think having the airconditioning run on a timer is just fine, I don't need it internet connected. Apart from anything else, in hot weather my router tends to lock up. I can turn the light switch on by myself - programming it to match what mood I'm in is more trouble than its worth. Plus, what dreadful things might happen if I'm almost home... and then decide to go out for pizza?