Reply #18: My two favorite computerized appliances (so far) [View All]

[jmowreader]

are...

* the GE washer-dryer pair that has a serial cable running between the washer and the dryer and a weight sensor in the tub. The washer determines the weight of the load when it's dry and again when it's wet. The dryer has a weight sensor in the drum and a moisture sensor in the exhaust. You wash your clothes and it will know how much water is in them, and from there how long to dry them to get the weight back to the pre-laundry point. (The moisture sensor is there on the off chance you threw wet clothes in the washer; if your clothes get to the pre-laundry weight and there is still too much water in the exhaust, it switches to analyzing the exhaust.) Very energy-efficient and your clothes don't take as much abuse.

and

* the Miele MasterCook oven. Tell it what you're cooking and how much of it there is and the oven takes over.

I also like the (IIRC) Frigidaire oven with the refrigerator element in it. This is not silly--you put the food in it before you go to work, tell it what you're cooking and when dinner is to be ready, and it keeps you from getting ptomaine from leaving your food out all day.