At MIT, a glimpse into our techno future

In the future, you may use aeroponic systems at home to bring in water mixed with nutrients. You’ll use this water to grow vegetables, home-grown food that can cut your produce costs in half.

Your commute to work may be on a covered, quasi-bike vehicle that uses battery power to assist the pedaling rider (who gets healthier from the effort).

And the era of the large suburban homes will end. Why have multiple rooms for various purposes?

“The cost of transformable furniture is much less than a mortgage,” said David Rose, a visiting scientist at the MIT Media Lab and
author of Enchanted Objects: Innovation, Design and the Future of Technology. Rose was at Tuesday’s MIT “Connected Things” Enterprise Forum.

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