• Put clothes in washer.
  • 36 hours later, realize never put clothes in dryer! Aww crap… gonna need to wash again.
  • Investigate. Discover never started washer, clothes never got wet.
  • Victory…?
  • The Bard in GreenOPAEnglish
    4•10 months ago

    I have the skill set, but not the free time or interest. I LITERALLY might do this though (I’m this kind of weird hacker)…

    • Get an old Android phone (I have like 5, I don’t know how many would charge, but probably 2 would). Duct tape it to your washer.
    • Write an app that queries the accelerometer and detects jiggling.
    • Wait 2 minutes. If there’s more jiggling, start the 2 minutes over.
    • When there’s no jiggling for 2 minutes, send a push notification.