Tech home: one smart house

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One smart house
Thomas J. Story 

One smart house

The Sunset-Popular Science House of Innovation helps you wake up, reminds you to lock the door, and adjusts the shower to individual preferences. It also delights the eye and offers the best of the West’s flexible, indoor-outdoor living.

A digital wine vault tells you the optimum time to serve each bottle. A mini robot mows the grass. Windows capture stunning views. For more privacy, flip a switch, and the glass becomes opaque.

Click ahead to see more ways this home in Alamo, Calif., points to a future where design and technology create comfort, ease housework, save energy, and entertain. 

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