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Dynalite Revolution home automation

December 2005

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.


A picture is worth a thousand bytes

Wallflower 2 digital picture frame

December 2005

It's the 21st century, for goodness sake, so why do we still have picture frames around the house that only show a measly single picture? Well, the future is here, with the Wallflower digital picture frame. The unit looks inauspicious enough, but its conservative picture-frame exterior belies some serious tech underneath.


Rolling sphere gathers no moss

Oregon Scientific Music Sphere wireless audio

December 2005 | Oregon Scientific

Multi-room audio is the entire buzz at the moment, but funky high-tech devices, including the SunOS Digital Music System (Cosmos, Issue 5, p82), can cost you a bundle. So how about something simpler? Try the Music Sphere from Oregon Scientific. It's small, round, and decidedly retro, but it packs some pretty up-to-date technology.