Not to frighten everyone, but word is Comcast is going to put cameras on its set-top cable boxes to know who in your house is watching what. It’s on the surface not much of a Big Brother fright but more of a personalization tool. The idea is that the camera would be attached to software that […]

Not to frighten everyone, but word is Comcast is going to put cameras on its set-top cable boxes to know who in your house is watching what.

It’s on the surface not much of a Big Brother fright but more of a personalization tool. The idea is that the camera would be attached to software that can detect who’s in the room, and can then load up personalized content for that person or those people.

While we like the concept, it’s something of a slipper slope to be sure. I’m not sure in Americans are ready for this kind of technology in their living rooms.

Everybody panic.

Comcast Cameras to Start Watching You? [New TeeVee]

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I love living here in 2008, The Future, where we actually have smart ovens. Take the Electrolux Inpiro, an “intellegent auto-focus cooking oven” for example. You tell it how you want to cook your food, and it uses sensors and other sorcery to figure out what your cooking and uses the data to cook it […]

I love living here in 2008, The Future, where we actually have smart ovens. Take the Electrolux Inpiro, an “intellegent auto-focus cooking oven” for example. You tell it how you want to cook your food, and it uses sensors and other sorcery to figure out what your cooking and uses the data to cook it precisely the way it should be.

I enjoy the trial-and-error aspect of cooking, it means that when a dish comes out perfect, it was from skill, not pushing a button. But I also know there are those of you out there who can’t boil water, and these new smart ovens mean you can make your own good food.

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