Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Tech a look at tomorrow’s homes
ARCHITECTS have predicted a “Tomorrow’s World” where robots look after pets and children, and drones call people in for meals.
In 20 years, connected underground greenhouses will grow food, and people will personalise artwork and views from windows using smart glass.
Click-and-deliver homes, where houses will be designed from the comfort of your sofa and craned on to site, will be the norm.
And work video calls will be replaced with holograms of colleagues sitting beside people.
All this is predicted in a report by TV architect Piers Taylor, created with Vodafone.
He said: “Overnight, we have radically altered what we do in our domestic spaces following the pandemic. We can expect to see vast differences not only in the way
our houses look and feel but in the way we are connected through our homes, with everything being assisted by digital technology.”
The report by Piers, who stars in The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes and lives in an off-grid home near Bath, predicts robots will feed pets, and drones will monitor air quality. Lighting and heating will automatically adapt to the household’s preferences.
Tech-enabled care will allow sensors in the floor to notify carers if someone has taken a fall.
The report had contributions from Royal Institute of Architects’ Flora Samuel and leading tech analyst at CCS Insight, Ben Woods. ■ Research commissioned by Vodafone found that of 1,000 homeowners and 1,000 renters, half want more outdoor space and a fifth are frustrated by their space indoors.