Honda Patents An Autonomous Mobile Living Room

From The Architect's Newspaper, September 12:

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Self-driving homes could last the hereafter of affordable housing

The convergence of novel technologies including artificial intelligence, the internet of things, electrical cars, in addition to drone delivery systems suggests an unlikely solution to the growing housing crisis. In the side yesteryear side few years, nosotros may purpose an app on our smartphones to notify our houses to selection us upwards or driblet us off.

Honda late announced the IeMobi Concept. It is an autonomous mobile living room that attaches in addition to detaches from your home. When parked, the vehicle becomes a 50-square-foot living or workspace. Mercedes-Benz Vans rolled out an all-electric digitally-connected van amongst fully integrated cargo infinite in addition to drone delivery capability, in addition to Volvo exactly unveiled its 360c concept vehicle that serves equally either a living room or mobile office. In other cases, about folks are merely retrofitting existing vehicles. One yoke inwards Oxford England successfully converted a Mercedes Sprinter van into a micro-home that includes 153 foursquare feet of living space, a consummate kitchen, a sink, a fridge, a four-person dining area, and hidden storage spaces.

For those who are either unwilling or unable to ain a home, self-driving van houses could cash inwards one's chips a convenient in addition to affordable solution.  Soon, our mobile driverless vehicles may allow us to move from our cars in addition to bring our laundry in addition to a hot repast delivered at the same time. In Los Angeles alone, it is estimated that 15,000 people are already living inwards their cars in addition to inwards virtually countries it is perfectly legal to alive inwards your vehicle.

The consequences of autonomous domicile living are far-reaching....MORE 

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