Connecting Home Appliances to Your Network
They're not widely used today (nor in many people's opinions, useful enough to justify the added cost), but home appliances with Internet connections are available, and more will probably come along in the next few years. Networked connections can allow you to control your household TV, refrigerator, microwave oven, and other appliances through the Internet or from a mobile telephone—even when you're away from home. Combined with built-in diagnostic modules, a network connection will also make it possible to identify problems and notify a service bureau that can either send back a software fix or dispatch a repair person before the problem turns into a catastrophic failure.
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