The 1933 A Century of Progress International Exposition (the “Chicago World’s Fair”) offered a look at the Home of the Future. As promising as this was, it would be several decades before electrical appliances became commonplace in the home, and even longer before technology could really deliver on the promise of a futuristic home incorporating those appliances, controlled remotely. Many technology historians point to Nikola Tesla’s creation of a remote control for a toy-way back in 1898-as the true beginning of easily accessible consumer-oriented automation.
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