{"id":282,"date":"2014-09-07T17:46:04","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T17:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.computerpotatoe.com\/?p=282"},"modified":"2015-07-14T15:33:35","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T15:33:35","slug":"everything-is-becoming-smarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/2014\/09\/07\/everything-is-becoming-smarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything Is Becoming Smarter!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everywhere you look now you see a smart phone. The chances are you are using one to read this post right now. You must have wondered what it means for lifeless devices\u00a0to be smart. Well when devices take on the smart prefix, it means they are networked (mostly to the internet).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/homer-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-661\" src=\"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/homer-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"homer-3\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/homer-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/homer-3.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As humans we are insatiable, we want more all the time. Hence, we keep thinking of new ways to make our everyday lives easier. With years or hard work, research and experiments of thousands of people, we came up with the computer and then networked it which made it smarter because\u00a0they shared even more information. Since then, computers have been made smaller and smaller\u00a0and now they can even fit on a bracelet like the <a title=\"Smart Watches\" href=\"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/?p=57\">smart watches<\/a>\u00a0<em>(Click to read).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Again\u00a0being humans we are still experimenting and advancing and we have made more\u00a0things smarter. \u00a0I have put together a list of uncommon\u00a0things that will soon be &#8220;smarter&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p>Smart Clothes: Many companies have been working on these.\u00a0There are numerous\u00a0uses for them. Some shirts now store charge while you walk\u00a0from your motions\u00a0and then in turn charges your phone. Some are even being designed to monitor your body and share information with your devices.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_663\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-663\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Carre-web-300x300.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-663\" src=\"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Carre-web-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Shirt With Body Sensors\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Carre-web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Carre-web-300x300-130x130.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shirt With Body Sensors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Smart Shoes: Yes, Adidas made a running shoe that\u00a0constantly adapts its shock-absorbing characteristics to customize its value to the individual runner, depending on running style, pace, body weight, and running surface. Apple also is said to have patented a shoe that measures how much you walked or ran and other information. These will be able to connect to your devices and give you real time information in the future!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_660\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-660\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/adidas-smart-shoe.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-660 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/adidas-smart-shoe-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"adidas-smart-shoe\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/adidas-smart-shoe-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/adidas-smart-shoe.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adidas Smart Shoes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Smart Kitchen Appliances: Many devices are being connected now to make cooking more interesting and easier! You got smart cookers, smart microwaves, smart fridges and even smart washing machines. Yes, you read that right!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JB0ZVY7d8iE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>All these devices we never thought will get smarter but today more research is being put in and companies vying to be the first. This is really getting us ready for the <a href=\"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/?p=98\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Internet Of Things&#8221;<\/a> <em>(Click to read).<\/em> This really makes you wonder what next will be getting &#8220;smarter&#8221;. Spoons? You might not be far from the truth!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everywhere you look now you see a smart phone. The chances are you are using one to read this post right now. You must have wondered what it means for lifeless devices\u00a0to be smart. Well when devices take on the smart prefix, it means they are networked (mostly to the internet). As humans we are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/2014\/09\/07\/everything-is-becoming-smarter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Everything Is Becoming Smarter!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[21,39,55],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":664,"href":"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions\/664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecomputerpotato.com\/thecomputerpotato\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}