"The only thing I have seen in the wild in the U.S. is the butter dish used at Buchon. I am not sure if it is placed upside down for storage before serving. http://www.thedailymorsel.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Bouchon-Bread-and-Butter.jpg"

"Ok, I have a Roomba that is scheduled to sweep the floor once a week.  In addition to that, I have a Amazon Echo.  The echo keeps list of groceries that I get delivered via Amazon Fresh.  I also ask it to set voice timers for cooking and it answers questions about volume and mass conversions for recipes.  Then, my iphone automatically tells me how long my commute is every day without having to ask.  But, I also ask Siri to set alarms and reminders.  My AppleWatch tells me to get up and move about a couple times a day and monitors my activity.  I also have an Aria scale to keep track of body weight and mass index.  I use a bunch of IFTTT recipes to automatically kick off tasks should the triggers present themselves."

"I think it looks cool and the price point is great, but I think the form factor could have been better thought out.  The internal storage space will have less room than a cubic shape and it does not appear to have the "stackable" advantage of others.  In addition, there is a very small contact patch pressure point against the side of the body taking all of the lateral weight.  This could make it uncomfortable to carry with the shoulder strap.  Seems to me that a cubic shape with an indentation on the side that could accommodate the a person's hip would have been more ergonomic.  While sacrificing some internal storage, it would not have been as much sacrifice as moving to a cylindrical shape while still retaining the ability to stack more that one.  Or, a hard backpack case would have been interesting.  Freeing both of the user's hands while transporting. "