Lg Twin Washing Machine Analysis

Critical evaluation of the LG twin washing machine

Since the 1980s, intelligent homes have been envisaged initially [1]. With the rapid development of various internet technologies, home appliances are able to access the internet in order to interact with users compatibly, which means smart [2]. By utilizing the internet connectivity, these home appliances become smarter. During the past decade, companies such as Samsung, LG, Google, and Whirlpool have been investigated home automation technology with appliances such as smart chat, diagnosis, and grid [3]. An integrated smart home can be built up, however, there still exist limitations and potential issue within the technology. This essay will focus on the HomeChat™ technology of LG smart

The engineering feature is the separated structure, main washer and the space-efficient mini washer underneath. The space-efficient mini washer in the pedestal is customized for dedicated items which require unique wash setting. Cooperating with main washer simultaneously, the cycle time is significantly reduced [4]. Nevertheless, the reason why twin washing machine is intelligent is because of the HomeChat™ technology. LG's HomeChat™ is a technology that allows appliances communicate with their users remotely via Line, a popular chat application. The application was designed to understand a large amount of daily language. It can even figure the text and voice node send by the users to help machine execute the command rapidly [5]. With HomeChat™, LG twin washing machine can be remotely controlled by consumers. Laundry progress can be monitored by texting, such as “how much time left in a cycle” or even stop the cycle. By this applying smart technology, the different types of washing cycle such as Wool and Baby Care can also be downloaded alternatively via Wi-Fi by users [5]. The technology of Human-computer interaction is more applied on this smart

By the introduce of the Internet of Things", machine to machine communication can happen in anywhere at any time so that a more efficacy daily life can be built up. In fact, more devices access the network, at any time, without receiving a physical input, and interact with the other connected devices can lead to energy problem [2]. Moreover, the way to use electricity have potential to be reshaped by establishing connectivity and intelligence in dogmatic appliance [8]. Once washer needs to be standby online for satisfying the demand of users, it has consumed the electricity during this period. Comparing to a traditional washer, more unnecessary electricity has been wasted in LG smart twin washer. Whether the intelligent machine will save electricity or be futile to apply the HomeChat™ technology is unpredictable. It is indicated by current literature that smart home technologies do have the potential to reduce energy consumption in smart appliance territory, however, researchers have found that there could be zero reduction of energy by the large range of effeteness [9]. Therefore, an intelligent domestic appliance may merely be a means or gimmicks to sustainable energy