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Various of iRobot vacuum cleaner (iRobot �167 ($253USD) )2. Wide of cinema concept chair from Volkswagen 3. Various of concept cinema chair 4. Various of visitors watching 3D...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eExcel Exhibition Centre, London, 1 May 2010\u003cbr/\u003e1. Various of iRobot vacuum cleaner (iRobot �167 ($253USD) )\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide of cinema concept chair from Volkswagen \u003cbr/\u003e3. Various of concept cinema chair \u003cbr/\u003e4. Various of visitors watching 3D TV \u003cbr/\u003e5. Pan down to Samsung 3D TV (Samsung �1,999 ($3,032USD) )\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide of Space Kitchen by 'Binova' Kitchen (Supplier, Barget �130,895 ($198,566USD) )\u003cbr/\u003e7. Various of Space kitchen \u003cbr/\u003e8. Close up of Space Kitchen sign \u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (English) Adrian Barget, Barget Kitchen designs: \u003cbr/\u003e\"With space being at a premium, I think it successfully resolves the issue as a transitional piece between the two areas (Kitchen and living room) as you can change finishes and colour and usage of the element itself.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide of Space Kitchen rising from central unit \u003cbr/\u003e11. Close of Space kitchen lowering into central unit \u003cbr/\u003e12. Pan of 'House of the future\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Various of Concept WiPower coffee table \u003cbr/\u003e14. Various of technology expert Anthony Goody placing laptop onto WiPower table to charge\u003cbr/\u003e15. Close of Laptop charging wirelessly on the WiPower coffee table\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Goodey, Technology Expert: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Wireless devices have been around for some time. Obviously we've had cordless telephones for quite a while now and wireless Internet. Wireless is becoming more dominant in our houses of the future. Wireless Power is the next step, so at the minute we are still kind of restricted, so our laptops are connected to wireless internet but we have to still be able to charge them, so wireless power just takes away all our constraints on cabling.\" \u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide of Anthony demonstrating the laptop charging with out wires\u003cbr/\u003e18. Close of charging window on the laptop\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Goody, Technology Expert:\u003cbr/\u003e\"With the wireless power unit that we have got here, the transmitter unit is actually fitted into the coffee table. Effectively creating a hotspot. We will have several of these hotspots across our homes and then you just put your laptop or your phone or any other charging device on the hotspot. It will detect what it is and start charging it.\" \u003cbr/\u003e20. Pan of laptop charging wirelessly \u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide of show visitors\u003cbr/\u003e22. Set up of Andrew Thompson architect and home technology expert\u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrew Thompson, Architect and home technology expert:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The exciting thing about Grand Designs is the technology that the public are going to see here is that they can actually have it in their properties now. Some of it's expensive some of it will need to ripple through the market to become more cost effective for the lower end of the market but if you want it and you see it here you can actually have it in your property. The issues that the public are going to have to face is potentially future proofing their properties and early accessibility. It's classic DVD scenario, which variant are you going to go with?, but if you see it, and you want it you can have it.\" \u003cbr/\u003e24. Wide of intelligent toilet opening lid (Totoneo Rest �3,428- $5200) \u003cbr/\u003e25. Close of Anthony pressing to 'rear' operation button to control toilet\u003cbr/\u003e26. Mid of occulting toilet washer \u003cbr/\u003e27. Mid of toilet lid closing \u003cbr/\u003e28. Wide of show visitor watching hot tub television \u003cbr/\u003e29. Close of television in hot tub \u003cbr/\u003e30.  Close up of chair control panel \u003cbr/\u003e31. Tilt down of visitor enjoying massage chair (Casada �500 - �758)\u003cbr/\u003e32. Wide of visitors entering show \u003cbr/\u003eOne of the UK's most successful shows for innovation, inspiration and design, 'Grand Designs Live', is offering a sneak preview of some of the latest gadgets and technology trends.\u003cbr/\u003eAmongst them, a robotic hoover, a space saving kitchen unit and wireless electricity.\u003cbr/\u003eFed up with vacuuming your house? Well, here's the latest solution.\u003cbr/\u003eThe iRobot vacuum cleaner does it all by itself, so you can come home to a clean house without moving a finger.\u003cbr/\u003eThis innovation is one of many exhibits aimed at making life easier at this year's Grand Designs consumer and lifestyle show.\u003cbr/\u003eInspired by the UK television show, of the same name, the fair hopes to inspire homeowners with ideas on how to transform their living space. \u003cbr/\u003eMaking its debut at the show is Binova's revolutionary motorised kitchen unit. \u003cbr/\u003eThe motorised device allows homeowners to maximise and utilise space by raising the kitchen counter, and allowing users to hide kitchen utensils and clutter.\u003cbr/\u003eAdrian Barget, of Barget Kitchen designs and the UK 'Binova' kitchen supplier says it is the perfect solution for homeowners pressed for space.\u003cbr/\u003e\"With space being at a premium, I think it successfully resolves the issue as a transitional piece between the two areas (Kitchen and living room) as you can change finishes and colour and usage of the element it self,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003eBut space has its price, as the Binova kitchen costs �130,895 ($198,566USD).\u003cbr/\u003eAnother main focus for the house of the future is WiPower, wireless electricity.\u003cbr/\u003eWireless Power allows users to charge everyday devices like laptops, mobile phones and cameras by placing them on top of a WiPower charging hotspot.\u003cbr/\u003eTechnology expert Anthony Goodey demonstrates WiPower by placing his laptop onto a coffee table fitted with a transmitter unit and creating a charge hotspot.\u003cbr/\u003eThe laptop instantly starts charging once placed onto the hotspot. \u003cbr/\u003eGoodey says although wireless devices like WiFi Internet and cordless phones have been around for some time, WiPower will take away all constraints on cabling.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Wireless devices have been around for some time. Obviously we have had cordless telephones for quite a while now and wireless Internet. Wireless is becoming more dominant in our houses of the future. Wireless Power is the next step, so at the minute we are still kind of restricted, so our laptops are connected to wireless internet but we have to still be able to charge them, so wireless power just takes away all our constraints on cabling,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003eTechnology experts hope that once WiPower has been installed, homes will one day be cable free.\u003cbr/\u003e\"With the wireless power unit that we have got here, the transmitter unit is actually fitted into the coffee table. Effectively creating a hotspot. We will have several of these hotspots across our homes and then you just put your laptop or your phone or any other charging device on the hotspot it will detect what it is and start charging it,\" says Goodey.\u003cbr/\u003eAndrew Thompson, architect and home technology expert, is impressed by the technology on show.\u003cbr/\u003eThompson says even though all technology at the show is on offer at the moment, it still needs to be made widely accessibe.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The exciting thing about Grand Designs is the technology that the public are going to see here is that they can actually have it in their properties now. Some of it's expensive some of it will need to ripple through the market to become more cost effective for the lower end of the market but if you want it and you see it here you can actually have it in your property. The issues that the public are going to have to face is potentially future proofing their properties and early accessibility. It's classic DVD scenario, which varied are you going to go with, but if you see it, and you want it you can have it,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003eClaimed to be the world most intelligent toilet, the Totoneo Rest's toilet lid automatically opens when approached.\u003cbr/\u003eThe tankless design allows only 1.6 gallons of water down the drain per flush, making it economical on water usage.\u003cbr/\u003eA side control panel allows you to choose several cleaning options.\u003cbr/\u003eThe user can choose from a selection of water blast options including a special oscillations mode.\u003cbr/\u003eThe basic Totoneo Rest toilet comes in at �3,428- ($5200 US Dollars).\u003cbr/\u003eThe Grand Designs show ran at London's Excel centre from May 1-9, 2010. \u003cbr/\u003eAnd for those visitors whose feet hurt after walking around the Grand Designs show, then there's this  full body massage chair.\u003cbr/\u003ekeyword wacky\u003cbr/\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv 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