Modern home materials & technologies discussion thread

[Kaido]

Interior AI demo:

1. Redesign your home
2. Then walk through it in 3D!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1968997220465660300

https://twitter.com/x/status/1969108865623941273

 

[Kaido]

AR Plan:

Measure any room and generate its 3D plan

ARPLAN 3D — functional ruler with augmented reality

ARPLAN 3D uses special technology to measure surfaces and entire rooms. You can quickly measure the height, length, width and perimeter of a room in all units: feet, inches, millimetres, centimetres, metres, and yards.

arplan3d.com

AR Plan 3D Tape Measure, Ruler - Apps on Google Play

Quick Room Measure: Floor Plan 3D Scanner, House Layout, Home Design, Blueprint.

play.google.com

Furniture measurements too!

 

[Kaido]

AI sketch-to-video composition:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1973051869976273243

 

[Kaido]

Qoldfusion residential walk-in fridge & freezer:

Home

qoldfusion.com

Qoldfusion

QOLDFUSION: WALK-IN TO THE WORLD OF LUXURY COOLING. Walk into a visually stunning world of unlimited freshness right inside your home. The Qoldfusion cold pantry is your entryway to how home refrigeration ought to be. Whether gathering everything for tonight’s family feast or entertaining...

www.youtube.com

* All-fridge, all-freezer, or dual fridge/freezer
* Dual unit has a freezer in the fridge
* Grab & go door (acts like a traditional fridge)
* Fully-integrated look
* Custom panel finishes & interior layouts
* Fully-articulating concealed hinges
* Multiple entrances optional
* Window option
* Touchscreen control panel & smartphone app
* Customizable LED lighting
* Up to 4 tap faucets
* 3" thick commercial-grade using polyurethane shot-in-place foam insulation
* Condensation elimination through an internal heating networks strategically placed around the doors, windows, and floor
* Less energy per cubic foot than a traditional fridge
* Refrigerated air curtain & air dam
* Non-slip & fungi-resistant flooring
* rPod remote condensing unit (the compressor and condenser coil - the parts that make noise & dissipate heat - are located outside in a separate, insulated, ultra-quiet housing)
* The typical lead time for manufacturing, delivery, and installation is 16 to18 weeks from when your design is finalized and measurements are approved

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[skyking]

Less energy per cubic foot than a traditional fridge

man that is so laughable.
" I must walk into my fridge, but it uses less energy where I am standing my fat ass in here."

 

[pete6032]

MSN

 

[Greenman]

man that is so laughable.
" I must walk into my fridge, but it uses less energy where I am standing my fat ass in here."

I'm sure you and your wife need a 300 cubic foot fridge, you just don't know it yet.

 

[Micrornd]

I'm sure you and your wife need a 300 cubic foot fridge, you just don't know it yet.

Actually we have 43 cubic feet of refrigerator and 42 cubic feet of freezer here (no icemaker, that's a separate undercounter unit) and we're looking for ways to increase that without increasing floor space.

 

[Greenman]

Actually we have 43 cubic feet of refrigerator and 42 cubic feet of freezer here (no icemaker, that's a separate undercounter unit) and we're looking for ways to increase that without increasing floor space.

That's a common setup and relatively inexpensive, though you have about twice what I would consider "normal". But in a residential setting a large walk-in box isn't really going to help. You can't store meat and vegetables in the fridge for weeks at a time. If you're buying beef by the side, a chest freezer will easily do the job.
A home walk-in is just a cool gadget for people with tons of disposable income. The only time it would be practical is if you have a very large family. But you're still limited to 5 or 6 days of storage in the fridge.

 

[Kaido]

Midjourney (AI image generator) does animation now:

https://www.midjourney.com/jobs/c95a1ea4-4ff7-465c-9a24-09f855bd6a55?index=0

 

[Kaido]

Turn any photo into isometric 3d model image:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1960886873389174882

Make Image Daytime and Isometric [Building Only]

 

[Kaido]

Purpose-build 3D visualization: (AI)

Graphite AI - From Sketch to Reality

AI-powered architectural rendering. Turn your 2D sketches into stunning 3D models.

graphite3d.xyz

 

[Greenman]

Turn any photo into isometric 3d model image:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1960886873389174882

Make Image Daytime and Isometric [Building Only]

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Where does the information for the parts of the building not in the picture come from? The output contains far more information than the input.

 

[Kaido]

Where does the information for the parts of the building not in the picture come from? The output contains far more information than the input.

Hallucinations! Although architecture has some pretty standard themes, so you get some reasonably accurate results (outside of Zillow Gone Wild haha)

I see these tools as more for client design communication, as opposed to construction-accurate tools.

 

[Kaido]

haha

 

[Kaido]

Enphase debuts a new US off-grid solar and battery system:

Enphase debuts a new US off-grid solar and battery system

Enphase’s new off-grid solar + battery system lets homeowners live fully off the grid with solar, storage, and a generator.

electrek.co

Go off-grid with Enphase | Enphase

Discover our Off-Grid solutions with IQ8 Microinverters, cutting-edge batteries, and Generator Support for reliable power in rural areas. Ideal for homeowners seeking independence from utility infrastructure.

enphase.com

 

[Greenman]

They need to loose the cloud garbage and have a simple hard wired control point in the building. The only reason they have a cloud link is so they can charge a monthly fee.

 

[Kaido]

They need to loose the cloud garbage and have a simple hard wired control point in the building. The only reason they have a cloud link is so they can charge a monthly fee.

"off-grid"

"cloud"




"

 

[Greenman]

That absolutely screams monthly subscription along with their ability to shut down your system.
I'm all done with crap that needs an app or internet connection to work. It started out as a method to appear high tech and make a product seem interactive, now it's a profit center that gives the seller the ability to charge whatever they want to allow us the use of the product we paid for. The truly insane part of that is the number of people who want it.

 

[Kaido]

That absolutely screams monthly subscription along with their ability to shut down your system.
I'm all done with crap that needs an app or internet connection to work. It started out as a method to appear high tech and make a product seem interactive, now it's a profit center that gives the seller the ability to charge whatever they want to allow us the use of the product we paid for. The truly insane part of that is the number of people who want it.

I'm a HUGE fan of smarthomes, but I always want the ability to fall back to run things locally. My current system is designed around Alexa, which is useless without an Internet connection, but all of my stuff still runs just fine offline:

1. Lutron lights
2. Schlage smart lock
3. Anova Precision Oven

etc. The funny thing is, 99% of my Alexa usage is to turn the lights off & play Spotify LOL.

 

[Kaido]

Hubba hubba

https://leviton.com/products/ldc66-w

66-space load center with window:

 

[Kaido]

Hubba hubba

https://leviton.com/products/ldc66-w

66-space load center with window:

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The modular Gen2 stuff is SUPER nice!!

https://leviton.com/products/residential/load-centers/the-leviton-smart-load-center

 

[Kaido]

Heated carpets sound like heaven!

Carpet Radiant Heating | Warmup USA

Warmup provides quality electric under carpet heating, with a wide range of compatible carpet heating products for quick and efficient heating.

www.warmup.com

Death by outgassing & allergies probably tho lol

Electric Heating Systems for Carpet
The most commonly used floor heating solution with carpet is the Warmup Foil Heater. Foil Heater is specifically suitable for use with floating floors and large and regular shaped areas. The super-thin, fully earthed, flat aluminum foil will not raise the floor levels visibly, hence why it makes a great solution for renovations.

Foil Heater System
The Warmup Foil Heater is an electric underfloor heating system for carpet but also vinyl, wood and other floating floor finishes. The Foil Heater is made up of a fiber reinforced foil wrapped around a thin multi strand, dual core heating cable that is insulated with an advanced fluoropolymer. The foil provides a continuous earth layer within the floor construction whilst diffusing the heat away from the heating cable.

 

[Greenman]

The modular Gen2 stuff is SUPER nice!!

https://leviton.com/products/residential/load-centers/the-leviton-smart-load-center

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Now you're just working at making me crazy. Why would anyone want this? Complexity without benefit isn't sane. There is also the issue of paying $8 for a standard breaker or $98 for a smart breaker. That's near $4k to fill that panel you linked.
If this stuff is a hobby you get a kick out of then have at it, but the vast majority of people just want reliable systems that work for many trouble free decades.

 

[Kaido]

Now you're just working at making me crazy. Why would anyone want this? Complexity without benefit isn't sane. There is also the issue of paying $8 for a standard breaker or $98 for a smart breaker. That's near $4k to fill that panel you linked.
If this stuff is a hobby you get a kick out of then have at it, but the vast majority of people just want reliable systems that work for many trouble free decades.

Why pass less when you could pay MORE and have it break MORE often?!

But really 2 reasons:

1. Power usage data

2. Remote on/off

I used to a TED system for power monitoring, worked well but it was messy:

The Energy Monitoring System You’ve Been Waiting For

www.theenergydetective.com