Dinner is (finally) served: TMIO's Connect Io Intelligent Oven is shipping
By Evan Blass 
posted Jan 28th 2006 7:00AM
posted Jan 28th 2006 7:00AM
We've heard promises of these
ovens-of-the-future forever- the ones that somehow magically transform from a refrigerator to an oven and can even be
programmed remotely. Well the future is finally here, friends, and for $8700 you can get your Jetsons-on with your very
own Connect Io Intelligent Oven from Tonight's Menu Intelligent Ovens (TMIO), which can do all that crazy stuff we just
mentioned thanks to tech originally developed at NASA. That's right, the same remote capabilities that allow astronauts
to perform important hands-free experiments can now be used to lavish you with piping-hot mac n' cheese the moment you
arrive home. Along with making changes from your PC, the TMIO oven can be controlled from any Internet-enabled device
(your cellphones, your PDAs, your PSPs) or touch-tone phone, which makes it super-handy for last-minute
schedule-shuffling or for blowing up your house from afar if the Feds catch wind of that scam you're running. And even
if it makes crappy food, how can you fully hate on any appliance that sports a 6.8-inch touchscreen LCD?[Via ZDNet]
I don't understand why this has taken so long. Just integrate a small compressor into the bottom of the stove and add some control electronics and yor are there. The oven is already insulated. I think that would be really cool if you could use it to defrost meat just in time for your arrival home. We like to eat a lot of wild game here in steamboat springs but it's hard to have it as often as we want because it takes too long to defrost once you get home and you don't want to defrost it too fast.
Cheezor
this is the new DS redesign?
LOL@gozer. hilarious.
Yeah, but does it clean the dishes afterwards?
Looks like the new MAC Server to me.
gozer for teh wins!
Can someone buy this for me please?
Lets hope it works better than the one in the "Carousel of Progress" at Disneyworld.
Internet cooking technology, it's wonderful :)
Did you guys read about the "Virtual Repairman" function? This oven knows when something's wrong and contacts the repair facility directly!
This begs the question, why can't my car do the same thing? Couldn't Onstar do that? Oh how nice it would be to just drive my car in for an oil change, and the place tell me that something else is broken because the car told them so! OK so the car has the standard diagnosic plug, but the stealerships charge $60 and up to even look at that thing.
DW - Yeah, I can't wait until my car orders up some unnecessary service the dealer will charge me $1,200 for. Especially if you're in a GM (which you must be if you have OnStar).. Hoof, your car would be driving you to the shop every friggin' day.