I mean... Electronics and the Internet are also following the laws of physics. But I get what you mean, levers should be the only activation, and gravity should be the only requirement.

That being said, electronics in our devices do tend to reduce the amount of water and power that appliances use. Dumb devices are extremely inefficient, even though there are fewer points of failure.

It sucks that a 1950's fridge can still function just fine today, but it also is a bigger strain on the power grid, and a leak in the refrigerant would destroy the ozone.

[–] sugarfoot00@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

> That being said, electronics in our devices do tend to reduce the amount of water and power that appliances use. Dumb devices are extremely inefficient, even though there are fewer points of failure.

I fail to see how electronics in these (unpowered) devices in any way reduce the amount of power that they use.

[–] 1D10@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In theory you could have a system that monitors input and then uses a precise amount of water to vacate the bowl.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh sick, a toilet with bowl cameras

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I figure a scale would probably work better.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's not nearly tech bro enough though. We need to jam pack this baby with Deep Learning Neural Network Image Recognition to count the corn kernels in your shit.

[–] Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I think that was just a general statement regarding old devices, since they brought up a 1950s refrigerator as an example of a powered "dumb" device

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 1 points 3 weeks ago

Sprinklers and all kinds of stuff are more efficient with sensors and electronic regulators

[–] Sneptaur@pawb.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah I think the meaning of the above comment boils down to "If it doesn't have a simple fallback, it can't be trusted".