Home appliances today are smarter than ever - you can connect your fridge to the cloud and control your heating from the office. In this clip from the 1988 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "The home of the future", Gareth Roberts imagines what such a home might look like – and how it might go wrong. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe This video is from our 2017 advent calendar. Watch the full series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbnrZHfNEDZyvS5Cx-aRTX-Y8IBJCNmYm