Android OS Coming Soon To Your Microwave

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Google’s Android is slowly showing up everywhere. It was the hot mobile OS of 2009, and has made appearances in GPS units and even netbooks, and now, Android is heading to your kitchen and laundry rooms. A company called Touch Revolution is planning to bring Android to washing machines and microwaves.

Touch Revolution’s NIM1000 module will be the controls for various home appliances, and Touch Revolution has been demoing the units in the aforementioned washing machines and microwaves. For washing machines and dryers, the NIM1000 can provide touch-screen controls, stain removal guides, and washing guides, based on data provided by your clothing tags.

For microwaves, Touch Revolution is promoting the NIM1000 as a ‘kitchen command center’. The NIM1000 will be able to connect to Pandora Internet Radio, display pictures and surf the web – you know, for when you’re microwaving something big that takes almost five minutes.

Do we need something like this? It’s great tech, for sure, but Android-enabled home appliances will likely carry a heavy premium when they first come out. No word on when we can expect these NIM1000 to start showing up in your kitchen and laundry rooms. Props to Gizmodo for the picture.