Smart houses…you won't even know that you are living in it!
Google wants to move into your HOME: Giant plans to fit microphones in ceilings – and it could happen as soon as 2018
- Microphones could be fitted around a house to respond to voice requests
- When connected to smart devices, homeowners could ask Google to turn appliances on, or find a restaurant
- Google’s chief engineer Scott Huffman predicts this may happen by 2018
- Microchips could be used to send data straight to a person’s brain
- One day people could search and get results using brainwaves
Californian firm’s chief engineer Scott Huffman, pictured, said the microphones would act like personal assistants
Google is already heavily criticised for trying to know almost everything about us, and now the firm wants to get inside our homes, literally.
Engineering director Scott Huffman told The Independent that in his vision of the future Google users would have microphones fitted inside their homes.
Huffman envisages houses with microphones fitted to the ceiling that act like personal assistants; responding to voice queries and connecting to phones, tablets and other smart devices.
He said: ‘Imagine I say ‘Can you bring up a video of the highlights of yesterday’s Pittsburgh Steelers game and play it on a TV in the living room?’ and it works because the Cloud means everything is connected.’
Elsewhere he said he could ask his Google assistant where to go for lunch that serves a particular type of food and on a certain budget and Google will find somewhere.
Huffman could then get in his car and his sat nav would be already programmed to take him to the restaurant of choice.