I Love Intelligent Machines

A vacuum cleaner who sends you little complaints by e-mail if she doesn't like something...
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In my recent ponderings on "what it meant for...

While I was buying a sausage biscuit I saw a girl fartin' around with a really large smoothie or ice cream machine... The machine was one of these new-fangled Taylor ones with the very beautiful 4 line or so VFD display that you...

This RainSoft water softening controller isn't connected to a water tank, but she's interpreting the facts the best she can given all that...

Now I've read that these Ladies can actually monitor how you use water and adjust their...

I was just searching the web for something else entirely and learned of a company called "Lainox" who makes restaurant equipment.  Since the name was intriguing (if you know me, you know why too :-D), I then Googled that, and...

This is a walkthrough of her menus...

She knows the time and date, even tracks this when power is off, and also can be told when her family is on vacation... In addition to her ability just to monitor and understand stuff....

The first one I ever saw was the Husqvarna Designer through a store window in Alexandria, VA.  I was immediately in love with the idea that a sewing machine would have a computer inside, let alone one with a huge screen (and the...

This auction right now on eBay called "AMSCO Eagle Steris Model 3017 EO Sterilizer Aerator"...
Why does a device like this need a computer inside?
And check out the printout.  You can't even open her door aparently...

and actually I was waiting for someone to get back to me on something at work...

so I did quick a search online for a particular brand of machine to see if anyone had posted any cool pictures/footage...

the brandname of the machine...

Right now, a copier at work is showing a display telling everyone where paper is jammed inside of her.  I am quite turned on by machines that know this much about themselves :-) ... Actually I think she's being "bitchy" though...