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Reconfigurable, Modular Dream Home

Posted by timothy on from the wonder-what-sort-of-power-supply-it-needs dept.

ssyladin writes: "CNN is reporting a new dream cyber home being designed by the Brits for use in Hong Kong. It combines smart home technologies of touch panels for lights, heating, water taps, with the ability to move the interior wall partitions around with a basic toolbox and about a half day of labor. No more LAN parties in the garage! The homes can also be built faster and with less waste too. Bit skimpy on the details, but its an exciting prospect if its ever finished." Concepts like this probably fill a lot of napkin doodles around the world -- what do you think this particular one should do differently?

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  1. Fav Quote by Winnipenguin · · Score: 5, Funny

    "You can control your temperature of the flat, you can control lighting," said Donald Hughes with the Hong Kong Housing Society.

    Just imagine ...

  2. walls movable with tools... by shren · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait a minute. That sounds like a cubicle. 'Cubicle' and 'dream cyber home' do not belong in the same article, ok, guys?

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  3. Dont tell the wife by MrWinkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ack! Dont tell my wife! She will want that! I can see it now....

    Honey can you move this wall over here? Then that wall over there and then this over there?

    Later that week...

    Honey can you move that wall back over there? Maybe this wall over here?

    I can already hear my own screams.....

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  4. Red Flags by American+AC+in+Paris · · Score: 5, Funny
    Ugh. Cyber dream home, indeed. More like (in my best world-expo style announcer voice) "House...of the future!"

    First off: they're using a stylus for the main control panels? Does the designer of this brilliantly planned system use salad tongs to throw light switches in his current house or something?

    "You can control your temperature of the flat, you can control lighting..."

    Hey, they're onto something here! A method for controlling lighting--patent it while it's hot, lads! And controlling the temperature of one's flat? Sheer brilliance! Can I do all of this with the same stylus, as well??

    "If you have a party, and want to control your music sound, you would basically be able to press [a few central] switches instead of walking around the whole flat."

    Well hell, looks like I should have held off on buying that "Walk around my whole flat" stereo control system. Of course, I still get a good workout when setting the equalizer...

    "The Internet fridge"

    I stopped reading the article right here. Anything that talks about the Internet Fridge is doomed to failure. It's like the Goodwin's Law for overuse of technology.

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