Haute High-Tech Homes - Forbes.com
Who said Big Brother was creepy? There’s nothing like getting your groove on when a female voice chimes in to tell you your mother is calling.
Haute High-Tech Homes - Forbes.com
When mortgage broker Doug Burton arrives at his sleek Hollywood home, the house knows exactly what to do.
A small laser beam lets Burton know when he’s pulled his car far enough into the garage, and a light indicates whether the alarm system has been tripped since he left. As he enters the house, which appeared in the Steve Martin film Shopgirl, lights automatically switch on along his path, from the kitchen, to the hallway, to the master bedroom, and all the way to the closet, where he heads to change his clothes.
He doesn’t need stop to fiddle with the stereo system on the way; his favorite music automatically begins to play. And if the phone rings, the music automatically mutes so a female voice can say, if appropriate, “Your mother is calling from her cellphone.”