Home & technology Back home, close the door and open my arms as a lever, pulls off his coat. And maybe, depending on the time, whispering 'Tea, rare steak, bath, or Chopin Nocturne. " Then, armed with patience and wait for those fifteen, twenty seconds to the house of the future to meet the desires of those coming home.
At least that is the idea of \u200b\u200bhome cinema and literature that have imagined and described, with different nuances, but also focused on the idea of \u200b\u200ba house, with the advancement of technology, goes to meet every need of the owner home. An idea associated with the reduction of physical effort, perfect culmination of this process on which writers and directors, by Isaac Asimov to Philip Dick, Ridley Scott from to Woody Allen, have imagined plots and memorable sketches.
Who does not remember, for example, Harrison Ford in Blade Runner ? During the investigation, Detective Deckard uses a VCR for signs that will enable them to trace the replicants disobedient. The particular sequence of commands is that the wrapping of the movie, zoom, focus, are given a voice to small appliances.
No buttons to press, only a machine programmed to interact with human beings and make its operations in place today, again, start with remote controls and similar instruments. About
is what can be found in Sleepyhead (1973), one of the least known of the films of Woody Allen. Mike Monroe wakes up in 2173, after two hundred years of hibernation, and to escape the police disguises herself as a robot butler. The first undertaking is to prepare a meal for guests Diane Keaton, but with the instant pudding and kitchen appliances automated everything is resolved - almost - with no surprises. Mickey, the new automated service, provides for everything. A real waiter and handyman in silicon microchip, which is haunting the rooms with the look surprised and afraid of being identified. Thanks to him we discover some of the wonderful amenities of the house of the future, as the unforgettable machine Orgasmatic "or the world of pleasure.
None of this - not yet, anyway - is part of the accessories of our homes, not even the most futuristic. For many people cooking can still be a pleasurable activity, or at least a tolerable effort. As for the other machines, say that fortunately science, for the moment, the other deals. The home automation
(contraction of domus and robotics), the discipline that deals with studying the technologies to improve the quality of life at home, it has other purposes than the creation of devices that will raise the human being from this type of hard work. The main purpose of the use
modern technology in home design is in fact directed towards the implementation of the so-called "smart home": an integrated, simple, safe, functional, low-cost whole home system, which can also optimize the daily demands of energy conservation. Already, actions such as adjusting the heating installation, maintenance of the electricity grid or hydroelectric, irrigation of gardens or open windows can be programmed and assigned to electronics. Even at a distance, via the web.
short, the house of the future already exists in the present. At this point, you can simply hope that the computers in the house of the future is not called Hal 9000, as the central processor of the ship's Stanley Kubrick in 2001: A Space Odyssey .
Stefano Vannucci
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