My Father Wants to Age in Place. AI Will Be Watching

My Father Wants to Age in Place. AI Will Be Watching

Weeks later, out of curiosity, I requested the transcripts of everything Sensi was recording in my father’s home. Reading his personal conversations, I suddenly felt like a spy, with the device as my silent conspirator. I’d pushed for the thing in the first place, but now I felt uneasy about it. My father, meanwhile, didn’t … Read more

Designing the Dream House of an 87-Year-Old Tech Visionary

Designing the Dream House of an 87-Year-Old Tech Visionary

The pair had already discovered a shared zeal for unusual homes and big projects. In 1982, they impulsively paid $8,000 for the bones of a dilapidated wooden tugboat. “The wood was so rotten, you could grab handfuls of the bulwarks with your bare hands,” Brand wrote in How Buildings Learn. The tugboat, named Mirene, was … Read more