As morning breaks across the UK, houses start to awaken; lights turn on, kettles start to boil, and blinds are drawn. Except one thing has started to change. Humans aren’t responsible for any of this - it’s the homes themselves. Turning your house into a fully automated organism has often been a fantasy in science fiction, but now it’s slowly and surely becoming a reality, just in the same way that Edgar Bellamy prophesied the creation of debit cards in his novel Looking Backwards, or how Ray Bradbury predicted earbuds with his description of the seashell radio in Fahrenheit 451. And now with one-third of the UK admitting to having smart technology in their homes, it’s only a matter of time before the Jetsons starts to look normal. qa test
