When Technologies Unite, Home Networks Form Smart Homes

摘要

Notions of inanimate objects that respond to human commands form key themes in the myths and fables of many cultures. The Greeks envisioned walking, talking statues like the marble Galatea in the myth of Pygmalion, and the bronze Talos in the epic of Jason and the Argonauts. The Arabs, in the tale of Aladdin, imagined ordinary items (rings and lamps) that would carry out extraordinary tasks. In the fairy tales of Western Europe, Snow White's stepmother has a mirror that sees all and can describe what it sees, while Beast's castle automatically and invisibly provides Beauty with food, clothing, furnishings and entertainment.