A small screen on the light switch panel displays on incoming message in the entry of the Microsoft Home, in Redmond, Wash., Monday, May 13, 2002.
The home has been the software corporation's showroom for consumer technology of the future since 1994.
The 2002 version of the impeccably designed "house" demonstrates the ways that technology can make a network of consumer electronics "enhance experiences" for the average family of the future, said Jonathan Cluts, director of consumer prototyping and strategy for Microsoft. (AP Photo/Cheryl Hatch)