At home with drones and robots

There’s been plenty of talk about how technology will change the way our homes look in the future. But tech and design blog Gizmodo has taken it one step further, assembling some of the tech world’s most recent innovations into a ‘Home of the Future’ exhibit near its office in New York.

The pop-up installation includes a living room, bedroom, kitchen, and office, all packed with the latest devices, appliances and furnishings that will play a role in homes in the future.

This “home” has a little bit of everything, from an automatic Oracle espresso machine in the kitchen to a Roomba 870 vacuuming the living room. A Sonos system streams music throughout the house while guests check out a large selection of wearable tech from Garmin and Fitbit.

There are even two drones and a telepresence robot patrolling the scene. According to Gizmodo editor-in-chief Geoff Manaugh, at-home agriculture is one major trend we should expect to see more of in the future.

“Growing fruits and vegetables at home is a great way to keep food production local and literally within the family,” Manaugh said. Energy is another major concern addressed by the exhibit. “We’ve been joking that the future looks great — but it requires an awful lot of electricity.

That’s not going to work for a lot of reasons, from climate change to simply being able to pay our own utility bills,” Manaugh said. “The discovery or invention of new sources of power will be central to any high-tech vision of tomorrow.”.