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Are we ready for our smart home devices to become truly smart ? CNN 1 hr ago © Provided by CNN For decades, the smart home has been a mainstay in pop culture, from Disney s 1999 flick Smart House, in which an artificially intelligent home takes on the personality of a domineering mother, to the retro high-tech home of The Jetsons. The 1960s cartoon offered a view of domestic life a century later, from a grooming room that combs your hair and brushes your teeth, to the ever-attentive and overworked Rosie, the robot maid. Some of the Jetsons housewares and furnishings, such as the bed that ejected the occupant like a piece of toast, are still a pipe dream. But 60 years later, we ve got their smart watches and (comparatively primitive) digital assistants.

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