jps@cat.cmu.edu (James Salsman) (07/30/89)
In article <702@texsun.Central.Sun.COM> jthomp@hemaneh.Central.Sun.COM (Jim Thompson Sun Dallas IR) writes: > I **need** a 12 MIP toaster, and a 20 MIP microwave. Not to mention > the Gigaflop fridge. > > "Kitchen Net." Hey! That's what the Japanese TRON project is all about: networking common houseold appliances so you can defrost a turkey in your microwave using the interface of a remote control/television screen and cool stuff like that. I want to redesign the standard household three-prong AC plug with a fiberoptic port so that every electronic device power supply can have a Transputer built in. :James Disclaimer: The University thinks I'm insane. -- :James P. Salsman (jps@CAT.CMU.EDU)