Another Technological Solution which is Unbecoming to the 21st Century

Battery operated smoke detectors.  Actually, most smoke detectors.

It is a thing which should be obvious that the more pleasant it is for a user to interact with a device, the more the user will be willing to interact with the device.  Yet this very important device that we want people to interact with and test regularly is infuriatingly obnoxious for the user.  At the very least, the low battery alert should have some sort of 12-24 hour "snooze" button option.  This should be trivial to engineer and takes into account that it is unrealistic both to expect users to have 9v batteries on hand at all times for replacements or to be able to just go buy one at whatever time the battery starts dying.   Having to push a button regularly would be significantly easier than taking the alarm down and removing the battery, and would remind the user that a replacement is needed. Under the current system, completely disabling the alarm is the only realistic response to a dying battery once the beeping stops it's easy to forget about buying a replacement battery.

It is recommended that smoke alarms be tested regularly.  I certainly am not in the habit of doing this.  I tend to forget about the smoke alarms unless I am in the middle of actively being annoyed by them.

The thing is, it is possible to make dealing with a smoke detection system much more interesting now that smart homes are becoming more of a thing.  Though I do hesitate to recommend computerizing all of the things as a way of making consumers more interested in interacting with necessary devices.  Not everyone has the privilege of computer access and literacy and we really don't need computers driving a further class divide.  However, there does need to be some significantly better user interface system for a smoke detector than a beep every 5 minutes that can only be stopped by disabling it or replacing the battery.