You’re at Home Depot or the reatiler of your choice and you call your house to see which lightbulb types you need. Not a person at your house- you call the house and press *6 to get light bulbs “listed in order of those burned out, those about to burn out, etc” Then – your house learns to call the retailer of choice and order the light bulbs.

Your car calls the service center to schedule a fluid change and brake repair.

You are at the grocery store. You call the refrigerator and it tells you how many eggs are left and how old they are. LIkewise, milk, yogurt, bread, etc. then the refrigerator learns to shop around- order everything, and have it delivered when someone is home to accept it and put it away.

Of course, once any of these things are webbified – webbed? – you can do them from anywhere you can make a phone call. So I can be in Toronto yet do the grocery shopping in Denver. And, of course, once the inventory and communication are possible, automating more and more of the process is also possible.

would I put my car keys on the web? YES- if I could call them and find out where they are. My cell phone is already on the web- but only as a medium, not as an object. I should be able to call my phone and have it tell me where it is- and be able to remotely turn on and off.

*yes, “Freakin’ Huge!”