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OCTOBER 1, 1999 VOL. 25 NO. 39

Home Sweet e-Home
The wired house of the future will take good care of you and your family because it knows you - inside out
By MURAKAMI MUTSUKO

So you think you're already living a 21st-century lifestyle with your mobile phone and your online banking? Well, think again. Technology is about to snake out of your computer and slide along fiber optic cables laid throughout your house, touching everything from the food you eat to the, um, end product of that meal. Homes of the future will not only house people but protect them, organize them, feed them and keep them healthy, all without even a touch of a button...



Illustration: Simon Wan



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