Peeing is believing, chips are watchingPeeing is believing, chips are watching
Once, in the hot tub at our community center swimming pool, a history professor shared his deep concerns with me, just after the U.S. presidential election. He said, ‘Famine, plague, and war will never end, and people are in serious trouble.’ As usual, I stayed optimistic, sharing my own hybrid theories. But he shook his head and said, ‘Technology is unemotional; it has no pain, no feeling.
This morning, my son woke up early and, as usual, went to his bathroom, eyes barely open, to relieve himself. Any mother of teenage boy knows how often they can, well, miss their mark in this half-awake state. Suddenly, the silence of the morning was shattered by a loud siren. My son panicked, and I rushed in.
‘What happened?’ he asked, bewildered. I held back a laugh and said, ‘Looks like you missed the bowl again!’
‘What?’ he asked, confused. ‘Oh, I’m quite sure,’ I replied, smiling. ‘I’m the one who placed smart Govee water sensors all around the house to detect potential leaks. There’s one right behind the toilet bowl, and… well, any liquid it touches sets off the alarm.
My son rushed to turn on the light, picked up the sensor, and started cleaning the floor. I left him to it, warning that a sensor covered in urine would get pretty smelly. He stayed in there longer than usual, likely scrubbing every corner, determined not to make that mistake again. I have a feeling he’ll never miss his target again, remembering how he had to clean up that sensor mess. Yes, in our house, peeing is believing, and now we know: even the ‘chips’ will be watching and ready to complain.
Technology really does change lives, my wife and I agreed. And they are not unemotional after all…
Copyright © 2024 BS99 – All Rights Reserved. All text content on this page is created by BS99. Image from the public domain.Once, in the hot tub at our community center swimming pool, a history professor shared his deep concerns with me, just after the U.S. presidential election. He said, ‘Famine, plague, and war will never end, and people are in serious trouble.’ As usual, I stayed optimistic, sharing my own hybrid theories. But he shook his head and said, ‘Technology is unemotional; it has no pain, no feeling.
This morning, my son woke up early and, as usual, went to his bathroom, eyes barely open, to relieve himself. Any mother of teenage boy knows how often they can, well, miss their mark in this half-awake state. Suddenly, the silence of the morning was shattered by a loud siren. My son panicked, and I rushed in.
‘What happened?’ he asked, bewildered. I held back a laugh and said, ‘Looks like you missed the bowl again!’
‘What?’ he asked, confused. ‘Oh, I’m quite sure,’ I replied, smiling. ‘I’m the one who placed smart Govee water sensors all around the house to detect potential leaks. There’s one right behind the toilet bowl, and… well, any liquid it touches sets off the alarm.
My son rushed to turn on the light, picked up the sensor, and started cleaning the floor. I left him to it, warning that a sensor covered in urine would get pretty smelly. He stayed in there longer than usual, likely scrubbing every corner, determined not to make that mistake again. I have a feeling he’ll never miss his target again, remembering how he had to clean up that sensor mess. Yes, in our house, peeing is believing, and now we know: even the ‘chips’ will be watching and ready to complain.
Technology really does change lives, my wife and I agreed. And they are not unemotional after all…
Copyright © 2024 BS99 – All Rights Reserved. All text content on this page is created by BS99. Image from the public domain.
