Building My Connected Shower

https://medium.com/@drewry/building-my-connected-shower-31d148b03539#.8gz7diu1u

by viacoffee • 10 years ago

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Dnguyen• 10 years ago

how do you deal with the steam? The condensation will fog up the projector lens. And that environment is not good for the projector innards at all.

noonespecial• 10 years ago

The first touted feature of the projector is "Fully sealed design, efficient heat dissipation pathways". But more than that, its only $34. So essentially disposable.

I think the idea is neat but the bigger concern I have is that if I had one, it would cause me to linger in the shower wasting water and power (to heat that water) which might be scarce and expensive in some localities.

pavel_lishin2• 10 years ago

it would cause me to linger in the shower wasting water and power (to heat that water) which might be scarce and expensive in some localities.

Isn't that like the old "finish your vegetables, there are starving children in Africa" adage? Just because there's a water shortage in Peru doesn't mean that it makes any given sense for you to skimp on your water usage.

banachtarski• 10 years ago

Was going to comment about the same thing. I think a cool feature of a smart shower might actually be a timer that lets you know if you're going overboard.

lvs• 10 years ago

So it's a stock projector pointed at a wall at an off perspective.

reustle2• 10 years ago

Cool projects! Reminds me of this guys bathroom mirror, and makes me think people spend too much time in the bathroom in the morning :)

https://medium.com/@maxbraun/my-bathroom-mirror-is-smarter-t...

pavel_lishin2• 10 years ago

There's just nothing like a nice, relaxing 45 minute shower sometimes.

Jtsummers2• 10 years ago

I kinda like the smart mirror one. I used to use a mirror as a white board. Track some basic things like physical stats like weekly weight tracking, daily exercising tracking (check if I did, none if I didn't, very visible since I saw it literally every day), and some todo information. A smart mirror could be nice, and doesn't necessarily mean you spend too much time in front of it.

For instance, I never turn on my television in the morning (I barely make it to the kitchen to pull out something for breakfast). Having an immediate dashboard showing the weather, my day's events, reflecting some stats off of fitbit or a smart scale, could be a really cool tool for just improving information visibility, and making it immediately apparent that you are (or are not) doing what you intend to do and keeping you on track. And harder to back out of than an .org agenda file or my mirror-as-whiteboard routine due to reduced UI friction.

alvern• 10 years ago

Man, all I can think of now is how to build an augmented reality I/O system. Qwerty bathroom tiles?

6stringmerc• 10 years ago

Lovely write-up and I think the project itself sounds very interesting. Using 'hobby' ideas to enhance skills and learn new pathways to implementation. I can totally dig it and glad I got to see it through here. Makes me think I should probably try and follow some DIY-oriented aggregators here and there.

zyxley• 10 years ago

My thoughts on this kind of thing have always been more like "put a tablet in a waterproof container and suction cup it to the outside of a glass shower".

Apparently you can get shower curtains that have a transparent tablet pouch for a similar effect: http://www.hammacher.com/Product/Default.aspx?sku=83858

joezydeco• 10 years ago

Why not put a piece of translucent contact paper on the outside of one of the shower walls and project onto that?

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