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For your homeDynalite Revolution home automationDecember 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. Wallflower 2 digital picture frameDecember 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. Oregon Scientific Music Sphere wireless audioDecember 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. |
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