2 eggs and an airconditioner

I never considered the fact that there really isn't a need for everyware. It makes sense, though. You never hear people say, "gosh I wish this room would have cooked me breakfast and cooled down two degrees when I walked in". I think in this case, the need will come with having the devices. Once society moves to a new level of comfort and convenience, we never look back. It is unthinkable to move toward the LESS convenient (gasp). The real need according to Greenfield involves simple day to day conveniences like finding parking or consolidating the remotes. Personally, I think these small things will eventually lead right into the everyware vision, because whether we need it as a whole, we do need (or think we need) the individual parts. I read just this morning in the Daily Texan that Texas wants to begin using the fingerprint as a voluntary identification system. Instead of ID you would just have your fingerprint scanned to buy tobacco, alcohol, lottery tickets, and R-rated movie tickets. I believe that this is one of those small components that will eventually lead to the everyware system. We just want more and more convenience, and with more small systems, it will be only logical to combine them to save space and time, thus creating an everyware type environment. My only complaint at the moment is that I still believe that we don't really need that much convenience. I mean, how hard is it to look for a parking place and dig for change in your pocket? But I'm only trying to postpone the inevitable. We as a society will always be looking for the easy way out. That's how it's always been, and I figure that's how it always will be.