The Security BoomtownToday it’s easy to forget that the ubiquitous surveillance cameras and scanning devices at the local department store did not always exist. In fact, it wasn’t until very recently that such security measures existed at all. While modern citizens have come to accept such security as almost banal,...
Read more Automation on Elm StreetHome automation used to be science fiction. In one of Ray Bradbury’s short stories, he describes a fully automated house that continues to operate—after a nuclear war. Cold war anxieties aside, Bradbury’s vision of a house that could feed, clothe, and schedule appointments for its occupants is...
Read more Automation on Elm StreetHome automation used to be science fiction. In one of Ray Bradbury’s short stories, he describes a fully automated house that continues to operate—after a nuclear war. Cold war anxieties aside, Bradbury’s vision of a house that could feed, clothe, and schedule appointments for its occupants is...
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