What it would mean to live in a proactive home, one that actively responds to you and anticipates your needs? Could this kind of, truly “living” environment be acceptable or not – and in what ways?

This book takes a look at the important and complex issues of designing high technology for our everyday life. Written by the researchers working in an interdisciplinary research project, The Metamorphosis of Home is a collection of novel research findings, technological experiments and imaginative methods for approaching reality that is not yet here, but that could have an effect on everyone´s life. Bringing together experts on art, design, technology and media scholarship, this collection of articles is useful for a student, researcher and developer of technology and its socio-cultural dimensions alike.