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“How you design the beep is important.” Behind the movement for calmer gadgets. (arstechnica.com)
submitted 22 hours ago by sbv@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The Eight Laws of ~~Robotics~~ Calmness:

  1. Technology should require the smallest possible amount of attention.
  2. Technology should inform and create calm.
  3. Technology should make use of the periphery.
  4. Technology should amplify the best of technology and the best of humanity.
  5. Technology can communicate, but doesn’t need to speak.
  6. Technology should work even when it fails.
  7. The right amount of technology is the minimum needed to solve the problem.
  8. Technology should respect social norms.

I'm a little suspicious about a certification body that's paid for by producers, but it's fine if they can make it work.

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[–] elmicha@feddit.org 3 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

You could plug in a power meter with wifi and look what power is used.

You could use a babyphone or a camera (e.g. an old phone).

I'm not sure if an Alexa (Echo Dot or so) would react on the little tune of your washer, but it hears the standard annoying beeps of my washer.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I assumed I’d do the power meter at some point.although some sort of sound recognition would be better, if t exists

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 4 points 13 hours ago

I saw a gadget once where they used a motion sensor to sense when the washer and dryer were done.

I have a baby monitor for my kids (1 way audio because I wanted to limit the privacy risk and I suspect more than that can lead to some bad habits) and it clearly filters for sounds at roughly the frequency of kids voices because you can't consistently say something over it and hear it on the other side, but my kid can go up to it and dictate a 500 word essay that summarizes down to "there's a bug on the window" and we'll hear every breath and word