The Internet of Things (IoT) has been rapidly growing in recent years and is seen as a key enabler in a wide variety of applications such as manufacturing,transportation and healthcare.Home automation,in fact,has been a major market for both hobbyists and early adopters of IoT technology.Even a wave of smart kitchen appliances has been released such as a refrigerator with a built-in screen on its door or internet-enabled coffee maker.While green activists may applaud the appearance of tiny cameras inside our refrigerators to avoid the power loss of opening the door,displaying such images on a brilliant,200W LCD monitor is not the"killer app"that many of us believe has the power to re-shape our every-day lives.Instead of the technology-push exemplified above,we have been examining the potential demand-pull of adding convenience to the lives of consumers with a focus on kitchen automation as in many cultures,the kitchen is the functional and social nerve center of the home.Smart Tupperware and Tuppy,an intelligent app and personal assistant,is our information-centric gateway to the 21st century household.We describe an appliqued container,over-molding of electronics and a printed polymer circuit into Smart Tupperware containers.However,the true power of Smart Tupperware comes from the network that connects Smart Tupperware with other smart appliances such as smart refrigerator or smart cooktop in the kitchen.We propose a new IoT architecture,TupperwareEarth that forms an extended network of IoT-integrated appliances and infer to each other to potentially re-shape your everyday life in your kitchen by bringing convenience.
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