In a few years, trips to the bathroom may become an entirely new multimedia experience. That’s because the home of the future will feature intelligent technology that will anticipate and respond to personal needs.

According to researchers at Royal Philips Electronics (Amsterdam), technology will be invisibly embedded into everyday household objects, such as a bathroom mirror, that will respond to voices and gestures. Cables, wires and equipment will be transparent to the human eye. The company’s chief technology officer, Ad Huijser, predicts this "ambient intelligent environment" will "store and display data naturally and seamlessly, and interact and connect with other household items."