I must say that this is a wonderful to find out how much time it is needed to wait for my laundry if ever I get a chance to build one of this. Very smart of you. Very nice concept and prototype.

heuristics

Very cool way to add "smart" features to a dumb device.

kepford

https://media.tenor.com/oCI9RyNWglMAAAAM/pakpaktwo.gif 

4rge

Using Raspberry Pi 4 and Pico W, I was able to remotely monitor the remaining time on the washing machine.
![](https://m.stacker.news/57856)

Raspberry Pi 4 and camera module attached to the side of the washing machine. The system captures images once every 10 seconds wirelessly and displays them on a display in a separate room.
![](https://m.stacker.news/57857)