C 1 Matt Mason has seen the future—and it’s fun
Mason likes thinking about how machines can make our lives easier by doing the work we hate, such as cleaning
He shows a hard floor cleaning system(系统)that’s built into the wall: it will blow dirt to a part of the room where it will be collected by a vacuum(吸尘器)
Then the system will drop some cleaner on the floor and an arm will mop(用拖把擦)it up
―This may trouble you,‖ says Kara, an expert in Mason’s company
―But you can program it to come on at 3 a
, and it will just wet-mop the floor for you
‖ When it comes to the kitchen, Bruce Beihoff, another expert at Whirlpool, is sure that in a few years, robots will be doing most of the boring work, freeing us to relax
―More than just fun, future kitchens will be environmentally friendly,‖ he