MoMa Meets 'Mad Men' in This Connected Home

Gadgets are not a focal point in Circa founder Matt Galligan's home — but that doesn't make his space any less connected. From Philips Hue programmable colored lights to a network of Sonos speakers for indoor and outdoor surround sound, Matt's San Francisco apartment is what most of us dream of how we'll live in the future.

In fact, his space is in part inspired by a trip to Disney World's Future World many years ago when home automation was already being imagined

While Matt's Philips Hue app controls his colored lights, he can set regular lights with SmartThings to turn on, say, after sunset or when he expects to be home in the evening. The Sansaire, funded on Kickstarter last September, is a more accessible take on the sous vide method, which rose to prominence in the 1970s as a better way to prepare foie gras Read more...