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Future home
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Written by Peter Warren
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Bought and published by Scotland on Sunday October 3, 1999
The humble kitchen, family refuge and haunt of the party bore, is to
undergo a revamp of startling proportions as scientists introduce the
computer cook.
Out will go the clutter and in will come the relentless efficiency we
normally associated with TV cookery programmes as space age technology
conjures up the exact style of cooking of your favourite chef.
Instead of those cookery books gathering dust you will be able download
recipes from the internet that will tell you what you must do to become
Marco White or Delia Smith.
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Future home
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Written by Peter Warren
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Published Sunday Herald
First there was the Human Genome Project and now there is the Doggy DNA
Database, a US research project intended to pass on to man’s best
friend the benefits of our genetic breakthroughs.
Research that, according to scientists working on the database at the
University of California, will result in designer dogs ready for
walkies but with some of the more irritating traits associated with
particular breeds ironed out.
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Future home
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Written by Peter Warren
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Published in the Sunday Herald
It is the latest in cutting edge technology, the lawnmower that can guard your house.
Part robot sheep, part robot sheep dog it is the latest of a range of
innovations now being explored by hover mower manufacturers Flymo only
this one can call the police.
Dubbed the guard mower, the top-secret project is part of plans being
drawn up by the mower makers to develop 21st century machines that will
usher in the age of the robot gardener.
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