Disney has teamed up with Microsoft, HP, software provider Lifeware, and home builder Taylor Morrison to create an attraction featuring digital home technologies of the future. The home of the future is suppose to open this month at Disneyland in Tomorrowland. Disney’s new ‘smart’ house is set to look like a normal suburban home outside, but inside is set to feature cutting-edge hardware, software and touch-screen systems to simplify modern living. Lights and thermostats will automatically adjust when people walk into a room. Closets will help pick out the right dress for a party. Counters will be able to identify groceries set on them and make menu suggestions. The system will allow residents to transfer digital photos, videos and music among televisions and computers in different rooms at the click of a button. Other applications still in development could include touch-screen technology built into appliances, furniture and counter tops. The home will also feature new uses for devices that many people may already own, as well as technologies that are still five or 10 years down the road.
I find this fascinating. The technology that is here now and possible for the near future is exciting, knowing what is coming. But isn't this technology here and now. Is this the "Home of the Future" because we have to wait for the future before we can afford the technology to put in our home? Are there more futuristic ideas out there for the "Home of the Future" that can be thought of? No matter, I still like the idea of the technology.
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