The clock in the house has a voice which calls out the morning wake up call as well as breakfast and other events and reminders. This is not very unusual to us because these reminders are given to us in the form of emails and notifications on social media. But the difference here is that the program is built into the house itself. The voice also reminds the family of birthdays, anniversaries, and bills to be paid.
The kitchen is automated. It cooks breakfast itself. There is a "weather box" outside the front door that gives the family weather updates.
One of the more interesting appliances or devices are the robotic mice, the automated cleanup crew. These mice even get rid of the dog after it has died.
The door of the house would also address people (or animals) who happened to be near the front door. In the nursery,...
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the children's area, the walls come alive with virtual films of animals and landscapes. Even the floor transforms to resemble a meadow. The entire room is a virtual world. This is the center of another of Bradbury's futuristic short stories. It is called "The Veldt."
The house is equipped to fight a fire, but it is futile by the end of this story. The chaos rises to a climax with the cacophony of the house's different voices giving warnings and generally malfunctioning as the house breaks down.
In "There Will Come Soft Rains," what unusual features does the house have?
"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury is a very interesting story to read, because Bradbury sets it in the future, where technology has created many appliances and gadgets that are pretty cool. Unfortunately, the story is a sad one, and all of the cool gadgets in the world can't save the society from destruction. Thinking about the spiffy things that the house has though is pretty interesting.
One neat appliance is a "breakfast stove" that, at a determined time each morning, provides toast, eggs and bacon for the family to eat. They don't have to cook them at all, the machine makes it for them. Another rather unusual feature of the house is a posse of robotic mice that clean up any messes on the floor--dirt, spills, dust, ect. They come out and clean up the messes, and scurry back into their corner. The doors of the house recognize voices; when the dog comes up and whines, the door recognizes its voice and opens up for it. So, they don't ever have to open doors, they just speak. That evening, a game of bridge, complete with martinis, materializes out of the walls--the house sets up an entire party for the family, without them doing any work.
Those are just a few of the really neat an interesting gadgets, appliances and technologies that the house has. Others are baths that fill themselves, beds that warm themselves, clocks and calendars that speak the time, weather sensors that tell the family how to dress, and cool imagery walls and floors in the kids' bedrooms. Pretty schnazzy, overall. I hope that those thoughts helped a bit; good luck!