Tech Check

We have seen the home of the future, wired with appliances that talk to each other, and it will bug the crap out of us. In November, Wired.com asked professional futurists about which sexy-sounding technologies won’t catch on. Topping the list were the “smart fridge” and the networked home. According to them, it all sounds great until the first time a virus shuts down everything from your computer to your coffee pot.