I assumed I’d do the power meter at some point.although some sort of sound recognition would be better, if t exists
Comment on “How you design the beep is important.” Behind the movement for calmer gadgets.
elmicha@feddit.org 3 weeks agoYou 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 3 weeks ago
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 weeks 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