The second Back to the Future film envisaged a world of hoverboards, sophisticated 3D advertising, interactive holograms, self-adjusting jackets and, of course, flying cars. But the home of today looks very similar to the past!
The second Back to the Future film envisaged a world of hoverboards, sophisticated 3D advertising, interactive holograms, self-adjusting jackets and, of course, flying cars.

Futurists are often forecasting what our world will look in the years to come – and quite often they get their forecasts wrong.

In fact, the home of today doesn't look all that different from the home of the past.

Granted, there have been significant advances – but we are certainly many moons away from a world with flying cars.

So that's why a new Channel 4 series – Home of the Future – is an interesting project.

The broadcaster has spent £250,000 fitting-out the Sheffield home of the Perera family with stacks of gadgets and futuristic kit – as part of a project to see if their...