In a decade's time, we'll look back on our light switches, door keys and hand-drawn blinds with amused reminiscence. Home automation is going to be one of the biggest things in our digital lives in the future. Instead of switching an individual light on or off from a single switch, all the elements of our home will be controllable from any point.

You can enjoy this future vision of home automation today through a combination of personal-computer hardware, software and special control interfaces, such as the Revolution from Dynalite. When linked into a home-automation system, you can use a Revolution panel to control just about any aspect of your home, from the lighting in each room to opening the curtains to greet the dawn light; from switching on your stereo system to piping the music to any room, at the volume of your choice. The Revolution is fully customisable, and available in a range of colours and finishes to match your decor.