I just saw this TV documentary featuring an academic who had a prototype
kitchen with just about every item wired up with monitors, cameras and
computer links. Some of the things I recall:

- large audio-visual warnings if you leave the stove, tap etc turned on
[yes]
- colour indicators of tap water temperature [maybe]
- hydroponic box in the room to keep vegetables alive and fresh [only if I
couldn't grow my own]
- an image of the contents of the fridge is projected on the door so you
don't have to open it to see what's inside [yes cool!]
- a spoon that tells you the temperature, pH and salinity of whatever you
are stirring [no, my finger and tastebuds are better]
- the sink is silicone which is (almost) unstainable, not damaged by hot
pans, soft and impact absorbent [yes if it was not damaged by knives]

Assuming we are 20 years in the future and that these things are accurate,
hygenic, reliable, affordable etc would you want any of them? My view is in
[brackets]

David