A Teasmade is a classic of mid-20th century automation, from the days when we dreamed of automated homes and meals that came in a single pill. Here’s more from the UK Science Museum:
The early 20th century also saw domestic electricity bringing big changes in home technology. By the end of the 1930s, two-thirds of British homes had electricity, which meant an automatic cup of tea no longer involved sleeping next to an open flame.
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Conditions were ideal for this very British invention to take off. Automatic tea-makers became ‘Teasmades’, made accessible by the new electricity supply.
And now VEEB Projects has used a Raspberry Pi with a Goblin Teasemeade, a household item so popular that it had a cameo in Queen’s 1984 video for ‘I Want to Break Free’. Here’s more from the maker:
A Vintage Teasmade & Clever Dripper, connected to Google Calendar using a Raspberry Pi, a Relay Switch and some Python.
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