Imagine if your fridge could provide you with recipes which use the ingredients inside it. Or if your wardrobe mirror could help you select your clothes each morning and offer you style advice.
Well, okay, that sort of technology isn't available just yet, but already over 100 homes in South Korea contain the technology that can pay your power bills for you and tell you when your washing machine has finished and who has knocked at your door whilst you've been out.
Imagine if your fridge could provide you with recipes which use the ingredients inside it. Or if your wardrobe mirror could help you select your clothes each morning and offer you style advice.
Well, okay, that sort of technology isn't available just yet, but already over 100 homes in South Korea contain the technology that can pay your power bills for you and tell you when your washing machine has finished and who has knocked at your door whilst you've been out.
Read more about it in this article by Dan Simmons, a report for the BBC Click Online series: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/6179868.stm.