Forget white picket fences and a two-car garage. The new dream home of the future is totally integrated, networked, and ready to log on, even the refrigerator (and you thought that 1980s crushed ice dispenser was cutting edge).
Cisco Systems and Whirlpool Thursday announced their plan to develop a complete line of networked home solutions stocked with Internet-ready products and services, which are now only prototypes. Cisco launched its Internet home platform at the Consumer Electronics Show here this week.
If you want a window into the future, then CES is definitely the place. Whirlpool's major home appliances won't start rolling out until the end of this year, although a full line of products is currently in development.
"We focused on looking at consumers and their habits and behaviors," says Philip Pejovich, Whirlpool vice president of corporate technology and engineering development. "The dual-income household has a lot of pressure in terms of time." - PCworld.com
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