'Homing' In on a Wireless Future

By Liz George Monday, June 04, 2001
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HERTFORDSHIRE, England (CNN) -- From the outside, it looks like an ordinary house in the heart of the English countryside.

But this black-and-white timbered home in a rustic patch of Hertfordshire, in south England's home counties, is not just an ordinary house.

After a high-tech revamp, the Victorian-style former farmhouse is jam-packed with technology, including voice-activated light switches and computerised climate controls, that brings domestic living into the future.

One of the first things you'll notice is there is...

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