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South Korea's Home of the Future
An anonymous reader writes to mention a BBC article, looking at South Korea's vision of the home of the future. Their vision includes the use of many recent advances in interface technology, networking, and wireless communication. The difference? Unlike the high-tech demo homes we've discussed in the past, 100 of these units have already been built. Another 30,000 high-tech flats are in the planning stages, to be completed by 2008. From the article: "Here, everything is voice activated, and the fridge can provide you with recipes which use the ingredients inside, and let you know if your food is out of date. It relies on the food packaging containing radio tags, or RFID labels, which can be read by the fridge each time it passes through the door. In the bedroom your wardrobe mirror can tell you your schedule for the day, help you select your clothes — if all your clothes have washable radio tags compatible with the system — and keep you up to date with the weather and traffic."
Or mine...
"Fridge, list available meals"
"There are 214 possible combinations."
"Narrow search to something I don't have to cook."
"There are no possible combinations fitting that request."
"Cabinet...."
"You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours." -- Yogi Berra
Fridge, serve cheese!
"Please specify brand."
Red Leicester?
"Out of Red Leicester."
Tilsit?
"Computing..."
"Out of Tilsit. Tilsit will be delivered next week."
Four ounces of Caerphilly?
"Out of Caerphilly. Has been ordered."
Well then, Bel Paese?
"Out of Bel Paese. Sorry."
etc.
Do not trust this signature.
I'd hope so, because North Korea's vision of the South Korean home of the future is a smouldering, radioactive hole in the ground.
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