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Smart homes: Demystifying the futuristic gizmos making our homes hands-free

Voice-activated cookers, remote controlled loos and a fridge that can tell you the weather. Luke Rix-Standing scrolls through the latest home tech.

If someone from 1999 spent the last 20 years in cryo-freeze, then woke up and immediately toured the smart home section of IKEA, they would probably think the robots had finally taken over.

Detailed datasheets on household ‘...