Comments on: A HOUSE OF MAGIC http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/25/a-house-of-magic/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:36:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: indoor electric fireplaces http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/25/a-house-of-magic/#comment-1051744 indoor electric fireplaces Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:32:11 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/25/a-house-of-magic/#comment-1051744 <strong>indoor electric fireplaces...</strong> Low energy light bulbs are one of the success stories of modern times. The popular compact fluorescent lamps, as they are known, have come along way since their early incarnations. These were bulky and not as aesthetically pleasing as their modern, com... indoor electric fireplaces…

Low energy light bulbs are one of the success stories of modern times. The popular compact fluorescent lamps, as they are known, have come along way since their early incarnations. These were bulky and not as aesthetically pleasing as their modern, com…

]]> By: nlpnt http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/25/a-house-of-magic/#comment-359073 nlpnt Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:48:11 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/25/a-house-of-magic/#comment-359073 That's all well and good that some of this is catching on. But- owning your own house, at 23, in Southern California no less? Wow. That’s all well and good that some of this is catching on. But- owning your own house, at 23, in Southern California no less?
Wow.

]]> By: glindsey http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/25/a-house-of-magic/#comment-351627 glindsey Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:41:35 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/25/a-house-of-magic/#comment-351627 Lots of ideas here that have just started to turn up in larger quantities today. Radiant floor heating is especially popular in designer bathrooms these days, and induction stoves (although not hover-stoves) are big in the luxury appliance market. The "walk-a-light" system has been replaced by motion sensors instead of the varying-capacitance principle, but capacitive touch sensors essentially work the same way as Fletcher's old system. CCTV systems for monitoring kids have taken off, and of course modern phones have built-in directories. Home automation of windows and the like isn't mainstream, but is certainly present in plenty of luxury designer houses. Lots of ideas here that have gone nowhere, too. Induction-coupled lamps are neat, but can you imagine inductive coils buried in the floor with today's electronics? Set your laptop down in the wrong place, and it gets fried! And hovering hot pots and pans sounds like a horrible, horrible accident waiting to happen. Lots of ideas here that have just started to turn up in larger quantities today. Radiant floor heating is especially popular in designer bathrooms these days, and induction stoves (although not hover-stoves) are big in the luxury appliance market. The “walk-a-light” system has been replaced by motion sensors instead of the varying-capacitance principle, but capacitive touch sensors essentially work the same way as Fletcher’s old system. CCTV systems for monitoring kids have taken off, and of course modern phones have built-in directories. Home automation of windows and the like isn’t mainstream, but is certainly present in plenty of luxury designer houses.

Lots of ideas here that have gone nowhere, too. Induction-coupled lamps are neat, but can you imagine inductive coils buried in the floor with today’s electronics? Set your laptop down in the wrong place, and it gets fried! And hovering hot pots and pans sounds like a horrible, horrible accident waiting to happen.

]]> By: Kryten007 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/25/a-house-of-magic/#comment-351257 Kryten007 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:57:18 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/25/a-house-of-magic/#comment-351257 Slab doors? Hell, you can put bars on my windows if it means I get a hover-stove! "Dinner time, hun!" "Eggs /again/?" "Not eggs, dear, /hover/ eggs!" Slab doors? Hell, you can put bars on my windows if it means I get a hover-stove!

“Dinner time, hun!”
“Eggs /again/?”
“Not eggs, dear, /hover/ eggs!”

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/25/a-house-of-magic/#comment-351209 Firebrand38 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:31:21 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/25/a-house-of-magic/#comment-351209 Whenever I see a story like this, I always wonder if the house is still standing and in what condition? Anyone in West Covina seen it lately? Whenever I see a story like this, I always wonder if the house is still standing and in what condition? Anyone in West Covina seen it lately?

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