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Angualor t1_iuteshn wrote

You're definitely underselling it. There are clothes that have chips. Fridges, ranges, lights, trashcans, washer, dryer, sink faucets, thermostat, AC unit. TV, door lock, all dogs, most cats, any zoo animal, space heaters, automatic fireplaces, electronically controlled couches/ any furniture. Most toys. Etc.

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phriot OP t1_iutiufx wrote

I think it's getting there, but we're maybe a decade past when some of the predictions of reality basically being infused with computational power. You note some things that I miss, such as door locks. Though the "really smart" versions of those things that are available aren't all that common, yet. For example, I don't know anyone with a wifi door lock, and experienced my first sofa with a USB port outside of a furniture showroom last month. For other things, maybe they technically have a chip, but is an RFID chip in your pet adding any computational power to the environment?

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