Disappearing Electronics II

An article by Chris Anderson, the Editor of Wired, reminded us of an article we penned a few months back about the idea that the near-future home could have no visible electronics. At the time we said:

The shrinking of technology has meant that we’re no longer forced to show off technology. Our TVs are on wheels and can come out when we feel like moving the projector from its cubby hole is too much of an effort, speakers are beginning to look like pictures. Our desktops have become laptops filed away in the magazine basket. Our music player is the ubiquitous little white box and the stacks of CDs and DVDs are quickly disappearing to storage (before they end up in recycling).

Now on his blog, Chris tells us of his/his wife’s plans to create what looks like a tech-free household. He says:

At our house the import restrictions are set by my wife. To bring some sense of balance to our lives (being married to the editor of Wired is a constant battle against geek overload), she has a general rule that, outside of the study and the kids’ rooms, there should be no visible technology. Aside from the usual kitchen appliances and the occasional Romba intrusion, we pretty much stick to this–most of the house, aesthetics aside, would have looked little different in any decade from the past half-century.

This presented an interesting challenge when it came time to set up a home theater in the living room..

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Chris goes on to explain what measures had to be taken in the living room in order to keep the missus happy.

The Long Tail: Living with No Visible Technology: