At the risk of dwelling on Disney to the inevitable exhaustion of the readers, we had the privilege to visit an exhibit at Disneyland called "Innoventions," housed in a giant circulating convention hall right next to Space Mountain (an equally awesome attraction). Innoventions invited guests to travel from room to room in the home of tomorrow, today.
http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/parks/attractions/detail?name=InnoventionsAttractionPage
In the kitchen for example, guests were encouraged to place various items on the counter, which would then "read" the ingredients placed on it, and offer suggestions for what entrees could be prepared with them. In the dining room, nearly every piece of furniture and/or wall was equipped with an interactive touch screen. The dining room table, for example, allowed users to select various decorative photos, recall personal photos, photographic puzzle pieces, and play with images such as water over rocks which would "ripple" at the touch.
The table on the back porch offered interactive games, puzzles, karaoke, and a piano keyboard, all accessible through the touch of the table top.
One of the child bedrooms was wired to be a total multi-dimensional, interactive experience, whose theme was based upon a particular bedtime story - the them on display was the story of "Peter Pan." Our daughters were picked to "shoot the cannon" during a reading of the story. Other effects included the dimming of lights to emulate stars, Tinkerbell flying around, and the shadow of Peter Pan.
A bedroom for older daughters offered a computerized mirror, which allowed for selecting clothes, and seeing what they looked like together before actually trying them on.
Please know that my brief recollections of our visit does not begin to do justice to actually being there. Moreover, I am not sure how prevalent, albeit prohibitive, the technological offerings showcased at "Innovations" are in homes right now, and just completely unknown to those of us still getting around in a 1997 Dodge Grand Caravan and living without Caller ID.
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